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Jump start
Whats the proceedure for jump starting another car with my wrx?
Ive only ever used old cars, so it was positive to positive, negative to negative. But I understand that instead of connecting it that way, it should be positive to positive, their negative grounded (to block or chassis) is this correct? or could someone correct pls |
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yeah positive to positive and negative to block/chassis is correct
to be safe i actually go negative chassis/block to my car chassis/block
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positve to positive, negative to negative. just make sure you are using jump leads with the built in surge protector thingy, otherwise you could cause problems.
Putting negative to ground (ie: block) is just another way of doing it. essentially its the same thing, because the negative terminal on the battery is grounded. |
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have always been told that if doin pos to pos and neg to neg on modern cars have the donor car turned off, so as to protect the computers!!
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Don't take this as gospel, but I've heard another way with modern cars where the jump leads have no surge protector thing is to make sure headlights are on for the car giving the juice
Some1 on 'ere is gonna refute this for sure!
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Headlights on High beam will help absorb any spike on disconnection but no guarantee.
Wait a while before disconnecting cars as the flat cars alternator will be working overtime to charge the flat battery and run the car at the same time. Instant disconnection of the leads after starting can cause the spike your trying to avoid. Yes, connect +ve on batteries and -ve to Block - the resistance assists reducing any spike also.
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