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What if your friend says that when jump-starting a dead battery you should connect your live battery in parallel with the dead battery to replace the dead one do you agree?
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∙ 12y ago
That is correct, but using the term parallel is an overly confusing way of saying it. - You should connect positive to positive and negative to negative. This will retain voltage and increase capacity.
If you confuse the term 'parallel' with 'serial' and connect them positive to negative and negative to positive, you'd double the voltage and probably kill most if not all of the electronics in both cars.
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