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Your car battery could be too weak to start your car for a number of reasons: faulty alternator, leaving the lights on, cold weather, or simply an older battery that no longer holds sufficient charge. Whatever the cause, you can use jumper cables to connect your dead battery to a live vehicle battery of the same size. The live battery then charges your dead battery enough to get the car started again. | Your car battery could be too weak to start your car for a number of reasons: faulty alternator, leaving the lights on, cold weather, or simply an older battery that no longer holds sufficient charge. Whatever the cause, you can use jumper cables to connect your dead battery to a live vehicle battery of the same size. The live battery then charges your dead battery enough to get the car started again. | ||
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== Steps == | == Steps == | ||
#Park the donor vehicle (live battery) next to the vehicle with the dead battery. Position the vehicles so that the batteries are as close together as possible, but make sure the two cars do not touch. | #Park the donor vehicle (live battery) next to the vehicle with the dead battery. Position the vehicles so that the batteries are as close together as possible, but make sure the two cars do not touch. | ||
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#* Positive terminal on the previously dead battery. | #* Positive terminal on the previously dead battery. | ||
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== Tips == | == Tips == | ||
