Problems after jump starting

[Verynice]

+1

what he said

Nope, even the holden user manual that comes with your car will tell you how to jump start.

Booster car is both leads to terminals, dead car is positive to terminal and negative to earth.

It definately will mess around with the electrics, in most cases the computer.

 

[JMP]

I've always jumped a car with leads on terminals and never had an issue

 

[oska]

jump staring a car doesn't destroy anything i've had my VX jump started when my battery went flat

i bought a new one and never had a problem since

 

[Jonno]

lol using battery negs is fine dude!
its probobly a flat/####ed battery
put the battery of someones elses car in thats full and any bets itll be fine

 

[Verynice]

It's not that it will, It's that it can....

 

[pablo]

As 7773 said, never put both leads onto a flat battery, only one then the second lead goes to an earthed body part well away. Flat batterys will have been chucking out a lot of hydrogen gas, so the smallest spark will ignite it and explode, spraying sulphuric acid out.
Also goes for charging a battery, never remove the alligator clips while the charger is still switched on.

 

[lout]

The battery neg has a large cable that grounds to body and engine, there is no fancy electronics involved, doesn't matter where you put neg jumper lead, t
he big problem is a sudden spike from a highly charged battery to a flat vehicle can fry computers . especially if good vehicle had engine running when you connected leads or if flat vehicle had ignition left on when you connected leads.
that's why they make jumper leads with suppressors in them

 

[bazza13]

Pretty simple just don't do it