hahaah well i know how to do it probbaly ive probably had to have my charger boosted well over 50 times when i first got it it had a charging probably and would die every few days took it everywhere no one could figure it out turns out just a little bit of a bare wire at the back from my alternator so everything was just sparking off on my engine and yeah its weird you guys never heard it cus when my charger would die if i ever asked anyone for a boost 90% of ppl would say sorry cant my computer will fry must be a canadian rumor

 

^^^^Dumbest thing I have ever heard, people just don't want to be inconvenienced these days to help another person out!!! Now there are cars that don't have acess to the positive terminal on the battery. In that case there is always a red plastic cap over the distribution point for the jumper lead to attach to. On all cars not just newer, the ground lead should be grounded to the engine or the frame of the car, never terminal to terminal like everyone does. Grounding to the frame would stop a battery explosion if that open wire you speak of ever grounded out and arched. If it arched while connected to the another battery, the impact could cause the other persons ecu to suffer or battery to explode.

 

lol, thought of a lot of other things before jumping the battery when i read 'boost'

here i'm thinking hemi supercharger

 

well that sure woulda been much more enjoyable lol

 

yeah i always did it to the terminal until last night when i decided to read up on it a little just to make absolute sure that i was doing it right thankfully ive never had any issues and you would not believe how hard it is to find a bare metal spot on the caliber's in the dark they painted over and covered in plastic everything under the hood of that car. and as for the arching issus wow glad that never happened to anyone when they were boosting me but now that i think of it im pretty sure only one stranger ever actually did boost me i usually just had to call my mom lol luckily she never had any problems infact we even connected the cables the wrong way the first few times i always just assumed that you would connect the negitives first cus they are the ground and like anything else you always connect the ground first but i guess i was wrong

 

Red is positive + ( just like your pregnant )
Black is negative -

Hook the negative cable to a ground, not the bat terminal ( ground can be a bolt on the Altenator I'm thinking chevy here )

Than hook up the Red + cable to the batt that you are boasting, Hook the black to the negative - on to the battery of the car that is running.

Turn off all the accesories on both cars, some say you should leave the head lights on the car your boasting, In Canada ever car y has day time running lights every time you turn on the key.

The idea of finding a ground allows less Voltage into the batery, less chance of things going kaboom, but if the car battery needing a boast is really dead, - cable on a ground will take more time to boast.

Now if you can't find a ground, hook the - cable on to the - post on the battery, for most this is the quicker safer way to go.

THis gonna sound like well ya dah, but I have seen people tangel up the jumper cables into the fan of the cars dead battery..

 

That's awesome

 

hey as long as it's 12v you could jump it with w/e.. just as long as you have enough amperage to get the vehicle started. good ingenuity on dog's part.