Being emasculated is no fun at all, however, it is least fun at 6.30am on a Saturday morning. As I stumbled down to my car, bleary eyed and still spaced out, I was still cursing my luck that I managed to let my battery drain dead. Well I was cursing that but more so I was cursing the fact that I am a fully grown male who, despite popular stereotypes, hasn’t the slightest clue how to jump start a car. Oh yeah, I know it needs cables.
Fortunately there are others, others far more manly than me, and some of them have started their own website – The Art of Manliness. With their help hopefully I will be back up and running:
1. Make sure both cars are turned off.
2. Connect one end of the red (positive) jumper cable to the positive terminal on the stalled battery.
3. Then connect the other red (positive) cable clamp to the positive terminal of the good battery.
4. Connect one end of the black (negative) jumper cable to the negative terminal of the good battery.
5. Then connect the other black (negative) cable to a clean, unpainted metal surface under the disabled car’s hood. Somewhere on the engine block is a good place. Unless you want to see flying sparks and a possible explosion, do not connect the negative cable to the negative terminal of the dead battery, .
6. Start the car that’s doing the jumping, and allow it to run for about 2 to 3 minutes before starting the dead car.
7. Remove cables in reverse order.
8. Keep the jumped car running for at least 30 minutes to give the battery sufficient time to recharge itself.
Advice taken, the car is back up and running and I feel slightly closer to being a real man. Now if I could just grow real facial hair…..
DC
Today I Learnt..... 