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Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: CA Posts: 120 Likes: 0 Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts can you jump start a car with a standalone battery. Sometimes you need a jump, but your cable is not long enough or there are cars next to yours. Can you take the battery from another car and jump it with that? Tech Info Resource iTrader: (2)
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 21,414 If you mean can you put the charged battery on the ground and hook up cables and jump it, maybe. It will depend on how badly discharged the bad battery is. When you hook up the batteries, they will try to balance charge between them and it will take a bit before this happens. Once the bad battery gets enough charge in it, then yes, you will be able to start the car with the bad battery. If it's really cold, it might take 10 or 15 minutes for the bad battery to get enough charge in it. If you mean remove the bad battery, put in the good one, start the engine and remove the good battery while the engine is running, absolutely not! Never disconnect the battery in a running car. Lead Lap
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: KY Posts: 748 Likes: 0 Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts I hope you're not thinking about jacking somebody's car! Driver Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: CA Posts: 120 Likes: 0 Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts Quote: Originally Posted by Pimp350 I hope you're not thinking about jacking somebody's car! I'm just curious, becuase it happen to me once. I left my lights on in my old Honda Civic, there were cars on both side of where I parked, and damn it, no good samirtan in site. I called AAA, but it takes them forever to come sometimes. My friend was in the area. I called him. Even if he wanted to help me jump start my car, the cable is not long enough, and he cannot pull alongside my car. The only choice we had was to push the car out of the parking space and then he helped me jumped it. It this was slated, then I don't see any other options. I was just wondering whether the alternative by unhooking my friends battery from his car and take it next to my car and using the cable itself will work or not. Pole Position iTrader: (2)
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: FL Posts: 2,054 yes, you can jump start your car with another battery even if its not in the car. some shops that dont have a jump box just have a spare battery and jumper cables just for this purpose. Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: NJ Posts: 5,224 About 10 years ago, I had my battery die while parked on the 4th level of a parking deck. Called AAA, but they came in a big tow truck which was too big to negotiate the tight spaces of the garage. So he rode up in the elevator with a portable battery pack - a red plastic gizmo roughly the size and shape of a large briefcase - and used that to jump my car. Worked extremely well. Pole Position iTrader: (2)
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: FL Posts: 2,054 Quote: Originally Posted by Bichon About 10 years ago, I had my battery die while parked on the 4th level of a parking deck. Called AAA, but they came in a big tow truck which was too big to negotiate the tight spaces of the garage. So he rode up in the elevator with a portable battery pack - a red plastic gizmo roughly the size and shape of a large briefcase - and used that to jump my car. Worked extremely well. yep, thats a jump box. ive seen them at most autoparts stores now. unlike some battery charger/starter machines, it doesnt have to be plugged into a power outlet to work. battery, car, hook, hw, jump, jumper, jumpstart, lexus, ls460, portable, sc430, stand, standalone, start, starter How do you jumpstart a car with a battery?You can also jump-start your car by using a spare battery. To do this, pick up your spare battery of about 12V; then, get your jumper cables. After that, clamp one of the red clips on the positive(+) terminal of the flat battery and clamp the other red clip on the spare powered battery's positive (+) terminal.
Can you jump a car battery without another car?There are two strategies for how to jump start a dead battery without another car: a portable jump-starter (for automatic cars) or a push-start (for manual cars).
How do you jumpstart a car without another car?What you have to do is set the ignition key to the On position, set the car into 2nd gear, get someone to push the car until it picks up a little speed, then release the clutch pedal. At that point, the transmission will turn the engine over enough for it to start. This method usually works.
Can I jump my car without cables?Vehicles with manual transmission are easy to jumpstart without cables. The only method to start an automatic car with a dead battery is to use a portable battery charger. If you drive an automatic car, make sure you have a simple portable charger in your roadside emergency toolkit.
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