PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-443
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 443
OCTOBER 1989
Lead-Acid Bater .
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here's a right way and a wrong way
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µ
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to use jumper cables. If you hook ±em
cCº:»¼½¾¿!ÀÁÂ9l
up right, you put new Life in a Dead
C
vehicle² If you hook ±em wroNg, you±D
better take cover.
The batteRy can explode like a gre-
NaDe anD shower you with aciD anD
bits of battery. The blast is a quick
inDicatioN that you±ve done something
wrong² But other thiNgs can happen,
too, that±re Not so noisy³liKe
a
bu´edµup aLte´ator or blowN Fses i¶
the vehicle±s electrical system²
Jumper cables are all you can use to
help start some vehicles. Many olDer
·
t¸cks do Not have a slave hook¹up.
Hooking up jumper cables the righº
way is as simple as
1-2±3±4.
The »aiN
thing to remember is red goes to the
positive (
+)
posts aNd bLack to the
Negative (¼
)
.
L²³´µ¶;·¸
¹º
OCT89
SINGLE 12-VoL t SYStEM
*
Clip one enD of the red cable to the positive (
+)
post of the DeaD battery
a½D the other enD to the positive post oN the live batteRy¾
±
Hook uP the black cable Last¾ Clip one end of the black cable to ¿he negative
(¼)posÀ oÁ the Live batteRy, but Do ½ot co½nect the other enD to the Dead battery.
InsteaD, clip the cable to the DeaD vehicle on any bare metal that±s at least a
Âot away Ãom the DeaD battery² That way, any spark Ãom the hookup woN±t
exploÄe the gases that build up around the battery. Also, DoN±t smoke while
hooki½g up the cabLes, or the ashes that ÁÅll to the grouND may be your owN²
D²d
b²TER
e
R
C³lE
´his Is µhE jumpe¶ c²³lE hook
up fo¶ moSµ cIvIlI²n-µype
vEhicles· ´hey have juSµ
one 12-volµ bater
Unhook the cables in reverse orÆer,
», 3¼ 2¼ ½¾
after the eNgine starts. Be sure
to unhook both enDs of the black cable beÂre you touch the reD cable.
OCT 89
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