How to jump start a car with booster cables or jump leads. Start a flat car battery made easy!
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- How to jump start a car using jump leads/booster cables. In this video I show how to start a car with a flat battery using a a spare car with a charged battery and a set of jump leads or booster cables. With this quick and easy to follow tutorial I aim to get any motoring novice with a flat car battery back on the road in minutes.
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Thanks for the help, I jumped my wife's car following this after it had been sitting around for weeks. You're going to have a lot more views soon with all this quarantine stuff
Glad to have helped.
I was terrified doing this just now. I thought I was going to die. Thanks for getting me through it - car is now running fine!!!
No problem, glad it worked and you're still alive 👍
Spot on. Thank you.
Just watched as a refresher and started another car. Remember folks your using the battery and not fuel so no more asking about petrol and diesel cars.
No problem!
Good video, with a nice touch of humour.
Closed the electric windows last night,....... they crawled up painfully slow as had had the key turned on for some hours. Fortunately had jump leads standing by and car started like a dream. Haven't used Jumpers for a long, long time, but as luck would have it, had them stored away. Very clear instructional video....Many thanks
Thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching!
comical and clear, just the way tutorials should be!
Dead Red to Donor Red, Donor Black (which can be on the battery or engine block bare metal) to Dead Black engine block bare metal. Wait 30 seconds, both vehicles off. Then 2 minutes with Donor vehicle on, then turn on Dead vehicle, run for five minutes, both cars on. Then shut off donor vehicle, keep dead vehicle running. Take off cables in reverse order. Dead vehicle to drive around for at least 15 minutes. The Black cable doesn’t have to be attached to either the dead or donor battery, just engine block metal is sufficient.
Thanks for the feedback
Got the salient part regarding the order to connect and disconnect the jump leads which is the bit you need to know. I just watched an RAC video on this very subject and they glossed over that bit like they don’t really want you to know. Interesting.
It'll probably work however you do it, but the order to do them is really to avoid sparks, which have the potential to be dangerous. If there's no negative, just use bare metal earthing point on the body shell of car. Hope that helps, and thanks for watching.
Thanx for getting to the point. Sick of other videos waffling on and on!
Glad to help.
I don't know much Car Mechanic stuff.
You are absolutely brilliant!! Straight forward, to the point video, no messing about. You explain it so simple and well. Thank! you! mate
Appreciate the feedback.
Love the funeral procession at 1.16..... 😂
Very observant Charlie!
A clue perhaps?😜
I'd missed that, great observation :)
1.17 to be precise👀😂
You gave us the 'idiot proof' instructions lol thank you so much! Defo the best explanation on here, clear & precise! Now pray my old gal will start 😂😂😂
Did it start?!
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE She did! ❤️ 😃
This was really easy to follow - i hope it works when my leads turn up - will update after! I’m a little scared, never done it before 😬
FYI, if the car with the flat battery has ‘Stop/Start’ feature you must not attach the negative lead to the negative battery terminal, always attach to bare earth body work. If you attach to the battery terminal you will never in a month of Sundays be able to jump start the car.
Thanks for the feedback.
Thanks for that. Somehow I've got to 40 without needing to do this... until now! :)
Cars are very reliable these days but that's pretty good going!
Good video, none fannying about; none "make sure X10" bollox. He gets to the whole point in searching how-to jumpstart your car.
Thanks!
Absolutely brilliant! Simple and clear instructions! Perfect!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you very much. I should have watched this before buying a new battery. I tried jump leading without this knowledge and without checking if the jump leads cross section cable were 53 mm square. My car is VW Passat 2010 diesel.
Glad it helped!
Reason I'm here is I just tried to jump start an 02 Corsa from a Nissan Note this morning and almost caused a fire! The jump leads melted!
The Corsa battery has been a bit sluggish recently but the very morning it is due to go to the garage for an MOT/service it wouldn't start!
My garage mechanic came around and said that I connected it backwards and that the "red" cable on the Corsa battery was in fact a dirty brown cable and the positive terminal has a black cable!
Why is it made so confusing? Red and black cables for positive and negative would be logical!
Oh well I hope I won't make that mistake again!
Thanks for posting your tutorial.
Thanks for the feedback Barry.
Thanks for the tips. Worked fine for me, now I'm back in the road.
Stay safe, and have a good Christmas!
Happy holidays! Stay safe and thanks for watching.
First time jumping a car and this was very helpful. Thanks so much
Gr8 no fuss vid.....helped me out big time this morning after getting ‘sparked’ when connecting leads 🥴 thanks.....
Glad to have helped, thanks for watching.
Thanks for this video... going to be trying this today for the first time! If I don't get blown up I'll let you know how it went lol
Did you get blown up?! Thanks for watching!
NO.. Still alive lol.. It all went well thanks!
🤣🤣
Excellent clear straightforward advice thanks
Thanks for the feedback.
good vid no mincing just right to it, just how we likes it
Thanks for the feedback.
Just watched your video to help me jumpstart my car with my daughter's car. Good clear easy to understand. Cherrs
Perfect!
Finally someone who explains this the right way
Well I hope so! Thanks for watching.
Thank you so much... followed your instructions and jump started my car for the first time ever lol.
Not the proper one mate thats the old school teaching in modern car now it may damage your car ECU it cost more money than replacing your battery ask the real good mechanic
I don't run the engine on the car with the charged battery to save its electrics when the other car starts and I always let the jumped car run for five minutes before I disconnect to allow its electrics to stabilize. I wonder why jump leads aren't supplied with a jack lead so you can make the last connection away from the engine compartment.
Good point. Thanks for the feedback.
Absolutely correct, my thoughts exactly.
Thanks, I'm a newb to cars.
Thanks for watching!
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE Cheers, This vid helped me.
In respect of battery terminals and if you only have short jumper cables :-
Your car battery is on the offside / driver side
Your donor car battery is on the offside / driver side.
i.e. both same make and model etc.
NO problem
The donor car reverses into the driveway (their car is running) and you let off your handbrake and let it slowly roll back till you can reach their battery with your short cables.
It might be handy to have a piece of rope or use the BLACK cable as a guide length.
The car with the flat battery the driver stays in the car because they are parked so close to the wall, this does not apply if the passenger side is not obstructed.
The donor car driver then connect's Negative to Negative and then Positive to Positive.
This system is ONLY if you have short jumper cables.
The driver with the flat battery then starts their car.
No worries
That sounds....different but glad it worked out for you! Thanks for watching.
That’s helped me a lot this 6am Sunday morning. Thanks man…..I mean that.
No problem, glad to help!
If the battery has a cover on it but has a lift up flap to expose the positive terminal but the battery has a negative terminal but you can't see it because of the cover, does this mean connect the negative cable to an earthing point instead?
Cheers buddy!!! Love the simplicity
Cheers pal!! I unfortunately needed this today 🤣
No problem, hopefully it worked. It wasn't to have that baby delivered was it?!
Legend, just followed your clear instructions 👍
Glad it helped
Fantastic! Thanks for your clear instructions.
No problem!
Bro i was hella confused with what i had to do when the good battery negative terminal wasnt accesable! Thanks alot!
Thanks pal just used your tutorial to jump start my Elgrand. So easy how you explained it all 👍
Thank you for sharing I used this earlier to start a car
No problem 👍
Good clear instructions! Do you need to switch off the ignition on one (or both) cars before removing the cables?
No, you can leave them running. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for the help mate, just started my van! Much appreciated.
No problem, thanks for watching!
Thank you for this. Forty years since last I had to do it, and it's NOT like sex -- one DOES forget how
🤣🤣 Glad to help.
I love it!! :) I'm now going to put it into practice on my flat battery :) Great video!! Thanks Pouse (?)
I just hope it worked and you're still with us! Thanks for watching.
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE I am still here thank you! About to to repeat the procedure for a second time . . . My son's car, God give me strength! So funny your video :)
Best explanation video
Top content. I wasn't entirely sure how to do this. I am now
Glad to help.
Thanks. Attaching one of the the black negative grips to the car bonnet, or other metal part of the car body, as earth, as suggested in some videos, did not work for me. The car only started when the negative terminals were connected to each other. Some people here suggesting that the attachment point was not providing sufficient earth and a better location would make it start.
Once home, fully charge the battery via a mains charger. It will never fully recharge by driving the car.
Great. Really informative. Thank you.
Superb bit of classical acting at 18 seconds.
:-)
Questionable! Thanks for watching.
Good explanation, very precise and short
Glad to help 👍
Very helpful dear. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks a lot brother
No problem!
Thank you sooooo much!!! It worked with my car ! 😄💕
Thank you. Simple clear instructions
Hahaha I can’t Ellie ever this, just googled it and it’s PHIL!!!!
Walt boy! Did you get the car started?
I need to learn this. I've never known which order it is and always just assumed negative first lol!
It will still work the other way round, it's just safer this way. Less sparks!
Can I ask what is an earthing point? Is it literally any piece of metal in the bonnet? I’m a new driver so I’m just a bit confused
Pretty much yes any bit of solid metal if you can’t find the proper earthing point but they are usually in the vicinity of the live terminal, usually on the body of the car inside the engine bay on the side nearest the positive terminal. They sometimes have a bit of shiny black insulating rubber around the cable leading up to it indicating it is an earth cable and usually a negative symbol on the face of the terminal if there is one. If you can’t find one of these use the negative terminal on the battery but it isn’t ideal. If you’re stuck, TH-cam the model of your car for the earthing point I’m sure there will be something.
@@Nancy-um9us Thank you so much for your help! I appreciate it! Happy new year!
Yes you can use a non painted (bare metal) bit of body work. Make sure it's not part of the engine though in case it interferes with the car electrics. Usually a bare metal bolt or nut is good. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching and best of fuck with it!
@@jasminaktar8663 you too:)
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE thank you so much!!
Really helpful, thank you very much
No worries!
Very helpful ..Thank you for the video , nicely explained ...
Glad to help. Thanks for watching.
Thanks, very useful!
He says put the black on to the dead battery and earth the other black, but Halfords say to do it the other way around: "Connect the BLACK negative lead to the negative terminal on the working battery. Attach the other end to a metal (earthing) point, such as a bolt or bracket, away from the dead battery. "
Hi there, on modern cars it's often impossible to get access to the negative on the battery so you may have to use a bare metal part on both vehicles. Both ways work. Thanks for watching.
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE OK, thanks.
Well I've just jump started my car from my son's car; it worked and I'm still here to tell the tale :)
So helpful many thanks
Much appreciated 🙏
No problem.
Thank you 😊
No problem.
Brilliant, you life saver 😀
Good job
Thanks
Live saver, thank you. Bit of comedy to boot.
No problem. Not sure about comedy, comedy is meant to be funny!
Nice one mate
No problem.
Thanks buddy! Saved my butt just now :)
This guy is the business
Not sure about that, but I appreciate your misplaced sense of confidence in me 👍
Dude is good.
Why does RAC and AA connect Red to working car first?
Well observed. I spotted that too but I have no answer!
No idea, but they are the experts I suppose! Thanks for watching.
Never run both cars at same time as both alternators are working against each other, turn off car with good battery just before starting flat car, correct?
I think you are right about this. He runs both cars at the same time. Plus order of connecting leads is different to AA site
Yes true nobody says this
Brilliant, thank you!
You're very welcome!
Thanks
No problem.
I was always taught to start engine of good battery before attaching leads so it doesn't drain the good battery.Clear instructions though as per usual Pouse 👍🏻
you want to attach them with the engines off on both so to avoid any potential sparks.
@@_blackheartemoji_2189 you will get the current flowing regardless of the engines on or off, their is always a load on the car circuit more so in modern cars than older ones, no harm in having the donating car engine running yes it can akso save you the embarrassment of needing a jump start yourself, if your battery is old or not used for a time etc.
Yep good idea, especially if your own battery is not the best, might save you needing a jump start yourself, can add a few extra volts to the car needing the rescue, which is a plus in starting along with heavy enough leads.
Thanks mate
No problem.
What happens if you remove the cables in the wrong order
Thank you for this
My pleasure!
Thanks man ✌️
Easy to understand video thank you
You cant get electrocuted since the handles are plastic?
Thanks for help, ;-)
No problem!
Great video, well explained. Diolch am fawr
Glad you found it useful.
Beautiful video
Thank you.
Anyone see the hearse drive by… not a good omen lol
Thanks for this mate
Good man 👍
Easy to listen to, & to the point.
Cheers mate
Glad you enjoyed it.
Goated video, thank you ❤
Glad to help.
Life saver
Great video thanks a lot buddy
Top man, thanks for this
Thank you!!!
Thanks for your video
No problem.
Thank you.
No problem.
Thanks bro!
excellent video sir.
Glad you liked it!
Why do you need to take the cord off in reverse order?
It's to avoid sparks. It'll still work but less safe.
Can my diesel car be jumped started by a petrol car ?
Yes!
Excellent vid
Why are every videos on youtube completely different from eachotherrr
I can't answer that sorry but this method should work! Thanks for watching.
Thank you so much x
No problem