Skoda roomster Owner's Manual page 245

244 Breakdown assistance
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The discharged battery must be properly connected to the system of
the vehicle.
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Switch off any installed telephone and also pay attention to the instruc-
tions for use of the telephone in such a situation.
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We recommend purchasing jump-start cables from Škoda Service
Partners as a Škoda original accessory or from retailers who sell branded
batteries.
Start engine
It is important to connect the jump-start cables in the correct
order.
Connecting positive terminals
A
– Attach one end
1
discharged battery
Fig. 174 Jump-starting
using the battery from
another vehicle: A - flat
vehicle battery, B -
battery providing
current
⇒ fig. 174
to the positive terminal
A
.
A
– Attach the other end
supplying the power
Connecting negative terminal and engine block
– Attach one end
supplying the power
– Attach the other end
connected firmly to the engine block, or to the engine block
itself ⇒
.
Starting engine
– Start the engine of the vehicle providing current and run the
engine at idling speed.
– Now start the engine of the vehicle with the discharged
battery.
– Interrupt the attempt at starting an engine after 10 seconds if
it does not start right away and wait for about 30 seconds
before repeating the attempt.
– Disconnect the cables on the engine in exactly the reverse
order they were connected up.
WARNING
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The non-insulated parts of the terminal clamps must never make
contact with each other. Furthermore, the cable connected to the
positive terminal of the battery must not come into contact with
electrically conducting parts of the vehicle - risk of a short circuit!
of the
•
Do not affix the jump starting cables to the negative terminal of
the discharged battery. There is the risk of detonating gas seeping
A
to the positive terminal of the battery
2
A
.
B
A
to the negative terminal of the battery
3
A
.
B
A
to a solid metal part which is
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