Quick Cable 800 Amp Booster Clamps Cable Assembly and Safety - Manual (Page 3)

1. Follow instructions in the owner’s manual for your vehicle when jump-starting your vehicle.
2. If you don’t understand instructions for jump-starting, don’t attempt the procedure. Get someone who knows to do
it for you.
3. Make sure you know which is the positive and which is the negative terminal on your battery and the battery being
used to obtain the booster charge.
4. Make sure the booster battery and the rundown battery are of the same voltage before trying to jump-start your vehi-
cle. The battery voltage should be marked on the battery. Generally, the battery voltage can be determined by the
number of vent openings on the top of the battery – 6-volt batteries have 3 vent openings, 12-volt batteries have 6
vent openings. Some batteries have no vent openings. If in doubt about your battery voltage, consult your owner’s
manual. If you don’t have the proper owner’s manual available, and if you can’t wait to borrow or refer to one, at
minimum be certain the batteries have the same voltage. If the batteries are not of the same voltage, do not jump-
start.
5. Use extreme caution when connecting or removing booster cables. Grasp the cables by the insulated handles, never
by the bare metal ends. Be careful of moving engine components like the fan and fan belt.
6. Position vehicles so that the booster cables will reach both batteries, but do not allow the vehicles to touch each other.
While this may seem to be an unnecessary precaution, it is extremely important. If vehicles touch, they will be
grounded, one with the other. If certain differences exist in the wiring of the two vehicles, jump-starting them while they
are touching could be hazardous.
7. Place the gear shift of gear selector of each vehicle in PARK (for vehicles with automatic transmissions) or in NEU-
TRAL (for cars with manual transmissions).
8. Apply the parking brakes and shut off all accessories in both vehicles.
9. Some people have been injured while jump-starting vehicles from a careless electrical contact with rings, metallic
watch bands, etc. It is wise to remove these when working with a battery.
10. Before jump-starting, be sure that vent caps are tight and level on both batteries. If water is available, you might also
place a damp cloth over the vent caps on each battery. This will reduce the possibility of batteries exploding. After
using a damp cloth, discard it carefully, as it may have corrosive battery acid on it.
11. Look at your booster cables and the batteries. Identify the positive and negative clamps and battery terminals.
Booster cables should be color-coded red for positive and black for negative. Battery terminals are usually marked
POSITIVE, POS, or + for positive, and NEGATIVE, NEG, or – for negative.
12. Connect one end of the POSITIVE booster cable, usually covered in red, to the positive battery terminal in one
vehicle. Connect the other end of the POSITIVE cable to the positive terminal in the other vehicle.
13. Connect the NEGATIVE booster cable, usually covered in black, to the negative battery in the vehicle with the good
battery. You now have only one final connection to make. The other end of the NEGATIVE cable must be connected
to a negative or ground connection at some point on the vehicle with the rundown battery.
14. Make the final NEGATIVE connection on the engine block, vehicle frame, or some other good metallic ground (except
the carburetor, fuel line, or any moving part) on the vehicle with the discharged battery. It is not good practice to con-
nect the negative booster clamp directly to the negative battery terminal.
15. Stand back from both vehicles before engaging the starter of the vehicle with the discharged battery. Start the vehicle
with the good battery, then try starting the vehicle with the discharged battery. If the vehicle with the discharged
battery does not start after cranking for thirty seconds (check your owner’s manual), stop the jump-starting proce-
dure.
16. Remove booster cables in the reverse order of connection, beginning with the negative clamps attached to the engine
block or metallic ground.
17. Beware of moving engine parts as you remove the booster clamps and cable.
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