If Trouble Arises; Battery Runs Out- Page 486

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If Trouble Arises

Battery Runs Out

CAUTION

  Use only a 12 V booster system. You can damage a 12 V starter, ignition system, and other 
electrical parts beyond repair with a 24 V power supply (two 12 V batteries in series or a 
24 V motor generator set).

Connect cables in numerical order and disconnect in reverse order.

Jumper cables

Booster battery

Discharged battery

     1.   Remove  the  battery  cover.

   2.   Make sure the booster battery is 12 

V and that its negative terminal is 
grounded.

   3.   If the booster battery is in another 

vehicle, do not allow both vehicles 
to touch. Turn off the engine of the 
vehicle with the booster battery and 
all unnecessary electrical loads in both 
vehicles.

   4.   Connect the jumper cables in the exact 

sequence as in the illustration.

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 Connect one end of a cable to the 

positive terminal on the discharged 
battery (1).

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 Attach the other end to the positive 

terminal on the booster battery (2).

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 Connect one end of the other cable to 

the negative terminal of the booster 
battery (3).

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 Connect the other end to the ground 

point indicated in the illustration away 
from the discharged battery (4).

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