PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1979
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 323
OCTOBER 1979
Dear Hal-Mast,
A Lot of the jump-StaRing
·
info I've
Seen in ciV±²iaN pubLicationS SayS T³e
battery capS ´houLd be remoVed from
the batterieSµboth LiVe ¶nd dead
·
batterieSµBefore hooking up the
jumper cabLeS.
¸hiS' S SuppoSed to preVent an expLo¹
Sion of hydrogen gaS that might be
traPped in the batterieSº
I don»t find the Same inStructionS in
ArmY pubS¼
What'S the word½battery capS on or
oF ¾r jump-Starting?
Dear Mr.
G.W.,
You don't have to take the battery caps off fOr jump-startiNg± Caps oN Arm²
BatterIes are VeNted to leT off aN² Pressure iNside³ ´atch, ²ou alwa²s keep the
Batter² caµ ve¶t s²s·em iN good shape¸aS spelled out iN ¹M
9-6140-200-14
(Apr
78)±
µara 2º6B, a¶d DA »am
750-34
(Ma²
²³´µ
µage
11¶
¹hat DA »am gives ²ou the straiGht poop oN jumpºstartiNg¸pages
21-24·
¹he Bi¼ da¶ger of Batter² explos½oN ¾omes from a spark Near the Batteries
setTi¶g off h²droge¶ gas that ma² ¿e i¶ or arouNd the Batteries±
ChargI¶g cauÀes some of the water iN thE Batter² electrol²te to tUrN BÁck iNto
The origI¶al coµo¶e¶ts¸h²drogeN a¶d ox²geN³ Whe¶ this comBi¶atio¶ of
gases is Ig¶ited, it tUr¶s Back i¶to water¸with a mightà Ba¶g. ¹his exµlÄÀIo¶
ca¶ BloÅ ÃoUR BatTÆr² to µieces! You ca¶'t sÆe that hÃdroge¶ÇÈÉITÊÀ lIke a¶
i¶viÀiBle BoÂB±
¹hat's whà It's so Ëmµorta¶t To hook up ²our Jumµer caBles i¶ the RIghT
oRder¸a¶d to The rIghT places± You do ¶ot¸
ever
¸co¶Nect all
4
jumµer
caBle claµs as show¶ i¶ ¹M
¸-2320-209-10/1
(Ìct
76)±
page
2¹44º
Fact is,
thereÍRe a coUpla BUÂ sTeers i¶ that RuNdoÅNÎ
This wrong hookup also shows up in TM
»¼½¾½¿¼½ÀÀ¼À¿
(Nov 77),PaGe
½ÁÂÂÃ
and TM
»¼Ä½Å½¿¼½Æ¿¼À¿
(Nov
ÇÇÈÉ
pa±e
½ÊËÆÌ
±
Never connect both ends of the black (ne±ativE) cable ²o the batteries. On
thE disabled vEhiCle you c³nnect the blacK cabLe t³ S³mE paRt of ´he chasSis
or enGiµe-at ¶east a f·ot awaY from the batteries.
MighTÃ Importa¶t:
Ï
¸Make sUre the
2
vehicles are Not
touchi¶g
each other±
Ðf theÃ're
touchIÑg, it's the same Òas coNNecti¶g
the ¶egative caBle¸at the wro¶g
tiÂe±
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