My younger brother came to my place to borrow my car – which i use very rarely (I walk to work). Later he called me up from downstairs to inform me that my car refused to start. Funny – the car was fine the day before.

We tried to jump start the car but failed. To cut the long story short the was some sort of corrosion at the battery terminal. I thought the jumper cable was not working anymore and drove the petrol station to get a new one or get a new batt. I got a new jumper cable cause the batt was way too expensive. While I was at the petrol station my bro cleaned the terminal and he managed to start the car.

Initially and my point that I want to raise here – my brother thought that he should connect the positive and negative terminals together ! and I warn you you should not do that@!!! That is so dangerous. Your batts could explode.

Here is the right way to do it

Youtube Video Jump Start A Car
1. Connect one end of the Positive(+) cable to the Positive(+) post of the dead battery.
2. Connect the other end of the Positive(+) cable to the Positive(+) post of the good battery.
3. Connect one end of the Negative(-) cable to the Negative(-) post of the good battery.
4. Connect the other end of the Negative(-) cable to a good solid SHINY, NON PAINTED metal part of the engine on the dead car. Usually a giant shiny nut on the engine block will do. A painted, dirty, or oily nut will not work. You usually want to avoid placing the Negative(-) cable directly on the dead battery to minimize the chance for explosions. You should only use the ground post on the dead battery as a last resort. On this step you’ll get a normal spark as you connect the ground and complete the circuit