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Position the running car so that it’s close enough to your car and the jumper cables can reach both cars’ batteries. However, do not let the two cars touch each other.
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Turn off all other elements such as the lights, radio, signals, wipers on both cars.
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Open the clamp and attach the red jumper cable to the positive battery terminal, usually marked with a “+” sign. Then, in this order, attach the other red jumper cable to the positive side of the battery that needs to be charged.
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Never let the clamps on the jumper cable ends touch each other when it’s on the running car.
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Open the clamp of the black jumper cable and attach it to the negative terminal, usually marked with a “-” sign, of the good battery.
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Attach the other end of the negative cable to the engine block or alternator mounting-bracket of the battery-dead car, as far from the battery as possible. Do not connect the negative cable to the negative terminal of the dead battery.
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Let the car with the good battery run for several minutes before trying to start the other car.
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Start the other car and carefully remove all of the jumper cables from their connections. Do this in the reverse order in which they were attached.
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Run the car that had the dead battery for a few minutes before you start driving.
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