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Sit back, let me tell you an anecdotal story.
Some years ago, I was working as a truck driver/equipment operator/floor hand in the Louisiana oilfields. As I'm coming into work one day, I happen across a freight hauler who had his batteries die on him, and needed a jump start in order to get rolling again. So, I put my pickup truck next to his, and proceeded to pull out a set of jumper cables. Of course, he thought I was crazy, and that I'd never be able to jump start his truck with my pickup.
Well, lo and behold, I managed to do it just fine. And you're about to see how.
Don't go to the batteries - dead/weak batteries take a lot of energy to charge up, and they put up a lot of resistance. This creates heat, and heat will melt your jumper cables, unless you have some extremely thick, industrial grade ones which were made specifically for that sort of thing.
On some N. American truck models, there are posts located on the vehicle specifically for jump starting or charging the vehicle - I'd imagine this would be true for Euro models, but can't say with any certainty.
If the truck being jumped does have them, then you need to see where the positive cable goes to - if it ties in to the batteries, forget about it, unless you want to sit for some time to let it charge.
Put the positive cable directly to the starter. Bypass the batteries completely.
As for your negative cable, you want to be careful about that. People typically ground it to the frame.. if the vehicle has chassis mounted electronics, you do not want to do this. If it has the aforementioned posts, ground it on the ones for the negative cable. If it doesn't, I would err on the side of caution, drive a metal stake into the ground, and use that for ground.
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Where are the negative and positive terminals on a 1999 Chevy lumina to jump start another car?
on my 98, its under the wiper fluid tank
Your car battery is dead and your outside temperatures have been below 25 degrees for several days Can you jump start it and what happens if the battery is frozen?
Jump it, it will either start or it wont
Why do the lights go dim on your car right after a jump start?
When you jump start, at first there is only a little charge, and that charge has to go to all electronic features in your car, like the lights, radio, dash
What is wrong with your car it only clicks a lot when trying to start but does start with a jump?
clean the battery terminals with baking soda and water. them jump it
Can an Defibrillator jump start a car battery?
NO! i don't know for sure but you might kill them it's just really stupid if your that desperate just keep doing CPR
How do you jump start a lorry?
The same way as jump starting a car, only beware that the lorry may have 24volt electrics. Use jump leads, connecting + to + and - to -. Red to red and black to black. Use a donor lorry with the engine running, or a donor battery, using two 12v batteries connected in series if 24volt system.
How do you jump start a 24 volt lorry with 12volt car?
As far as I know you can only do it if your lorry has two 12volt batteries connected in series, ie with the positive of one battery connected to the negative of the other. If so, then you connect the car jump leads to ONE of the lorry batteries in the normal way (car positive to lorry battery positive, car negative to lorry battery negative). Try to start the lorry like this, with the car engine running at a fast idle, with all electrics on the car turned off. If this doesnt work, try again with the jump leads connected to the other lorry battery ONLY. If this doesnt work, then both lorry batteries are too flat and you'll have to jump off a 24volt lorry / charge or replace the batteries. Jumping off a 12volt car usually only works if you have one lorry battery which is ok-ish, and you use the jump leads to "help" the weak one with the car. Good luck from Norn Irn!
How do you jump start a 1996 buick regal?
A 1996 Buick Regal will jump start using a portable battery pack. Another person can also use jumper cables to help jump start another car.
What is something with wheels that start with I?
lorry
Can you jump start another car with a cadillac?
Yes
What is another name for lorry driver?
trucker
What is another name for a lorry driver?
trucker
How do you jump start a Pontiac Montana?
Jump starting a Pontiac include jumper cables and another vehicle with a battery. A person will need to put jumper cables on each car battery to jump start it.
How do you use your Dodge Journey to jump another car?
Hook the cables to the jump start posts under the hood. They are labled with a + and -
Who invented the lorry?
Lorry is another name for a truck. The first motor truck was built in 1896 by the German, Gottlieb Daimler.
What is a jump box used for?
Considering that this is in the car starting problems category, I am assuming you mean a Jump Box to start a car. In this case, a jump box is a device with a battery and attached cables that can be used to jump start your car. This is used when a car battery has died. Another alternative is to use jumper cables with another car.
What happens when you jump start your car?
The starter on a car requires a lot of electrical current to rotate the engine fast enough for it to start. When the car's battery doesn't have enough electricity to do this a battery from another car or another source of electrical current can be supplied (jumpered) to the car to "jump start" it.
