PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 395
OCTOBER 1985
Slaving
&
Jump StartIng .±²
OF CR! Wi clN
G1\ ±0² I
HAND ³´´
r³ddLe:
WµT's bLUe ¶· ThE fµce µ·d hµs sMoke coM¶·G oUT of ¶Ts eµRs?
AnswE´µ a
soLd¶eR who scRewed UP w¶Th sLµVe oR jUMPeR cµbLes!
Why the blue fce and smoking ears?
It could be Fom Fustrat±on .
.. or Fom gett±ng burned by a sHort-c±rcu±t. .
. or
Fom Be±ng blasted by a battery explos±on!
Slave cables and jumper caBles are great wHen your eng±ne start±ng system
needs a Help±ng Hand² ³ut you can make MatTers worse ±´ you don't use 'em r±ght.
¸¹º»¼½¾
You can get a bad buR ±´ your NAµO
slave cable sho¶T c±rcu±ts.
µh±s can Happen ±´ the veH±cle slave
receptacle outer shell makes contact
w±tH
the
p±ns
o´ the
NAµO
cabLe
adapter.
µo keep th±s Fom Happen±ng, ·rst
pusH tHe NAµO adapter onto the veh±¸
cle slave receptacle. µhen you can con¸
nect tHe cable to tHe adapter w±tHout any
Danger o´ a short c±rcu±t Between the
adapter and tHe veH±cle slave receptacle.
Never
d±sconnect
the slave
cable
wH±le the starTer ±s turn±ng²
Arc±ng
¶·
Install adapter
first!
o¸T 85
burns up the connectors and receptacles. µhen you'll have to replace the con¹
nector or receptacleº
µHe sa»e tH±ng can Happen w±th jumper caBles.
¼ake sure tHe slave cable or jumper caBle ±s ½lly connected be¾re you h±t
tHe starter. µhen don't pull the cable when the starTer ±s engaged.
³e care½l around tHe¿ cable, too. Àon't knock ±t out by acc±dent.
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I´ you hook up jumper cables wrong, you couLd screw up an alternator, or,
worse, blow up the battery.
An explos±on can shower you w±th ac±d and Blast you w±th p±eces o´ tHe BatteryÁ
µh±s s±mple Hookup makes tHe po±nt:
Never connect the black (negat±ve) caBle to the negat±ve (Â) post o´ tHe dead
battery. You can Make a sparkÃand cause an explos±onÄ
o¹T 85
ReD CabLe
This is the jumper cab±e
hookup for Most civi±ian-type
vehic±es. They have just
onE 12-vO±t batte²³
B±ack CabL´·
µhis connec¶ion ¸s on ¶He engine,
any p±ace that's a fOot or sO f¹oM
¶he batte²³ ºf the »a¼te²'s not in
¶he engine compa½Ment¾ hook up ¿o tHe
f¹ame or soMe unpainted pa½ of the bodY³
When yoU
get ¶he
engin´
started
unÀOOk the
ca»Les ¸n
reve¹se
o¹derÁ
4, 3,
2, 1³
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