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6. Check that the jumper cables don't have loose or
missing insulation. If they do, you could get a shock
and the vehicles could be damaged.
Before you connect the cables, here are some basic
things you should know. Positive
(+)
will go to
positive
(+)
and negative
(-)
will go to negative
(-)
or a metal engine part. Don't connect positive
(+)
to
negative
(-)
or you'll get a short that would damage
the battery and maybe other parts, too.
8. Don't let the other end
touch metal. Connect it
to the positive
(+)
terminal of the good
battery. Use a remote
positive
(+)
terminal if
the vehicle has one.
9. Now connect the
Fans
or
other
moving
engine
parts
can
injure
you
black negative
(-)
cable
badly.
Keep
your
hands
away
from
moving
parts
to the good
battery's
once
negative
(-)
terminal.
Don't let the other end
7. Connect the red positive
(+)
cable to the positive
(+)
touch any-thmg until the
terminal of the vehicle with the dead battery. Use a
next step. The other end
remote positive
(+)
terminal if the vehicle has one.
of the negative cable
doesn't go to the dead
battery. It goes to a heavy
unpainted metal part on
the engine of the vehicle
with the dead battery.
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