older car batteries in Winter, fast of the juice. With a start help the most but again. As motorists approach the best, explains an expert.
Erfurt – The probability that the car battery is weak, increases in the cold Season. Especially short-haul vehicles with older batteries in the Winter often.
“If the car don’t want an early start in the morning, is one of the most common causes of a faulty or weak battery,” says car expert Andreas Neumann from Tüv Thüringen. But in many cases, this could be by jump-starting the engine again. What is needed and what steps are to be observed?
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intact helper vehicle and a set of jumper cables . The cable should comply with DIN 72553, or ISO 6722, and the purpose of use, a minimum cable cross section of 16 or 25 square millimeters.
In each case, by Neumann, to look in the vehicle owner’s manual or the instructions for use of the jumper cables. is Not all cables are the same for all engines. So diesel engines need, for example, with a large displacement special cable. Vdcasino Also, make sure the corresponding on-Board voltage for which the cable is suitable. In General, 12-Volt batteries to work in the current cars with internal combustion engine.
” In no case should be older jumper cables without completely plastic-coated crocodile Clips used,” said Neumann. Here, short-circuits or radio jumps are not ruled out, inflammation or electric shock may result.
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For the start, the cars are set in such a way that the length of the jumper cable is sufficient and not too much tension. It is important to check the flow of traffic. the In case of doubt, depending on the traffic situation, the warning triangle. In the run-up to all consumers should be switched off in two vehicles, i.e. air-conditioning, Radio, or interior lighting.
First of all, the plus poles are connected with the red cable. These detect motorists at the red mark and the Plus sign and you should hide behind a cover. The red cable clamp is connected to the positive terminal of discharged car battery and the other to the positive terminal of the voltage-generating battery.
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After that, the black cable clamps to the negative terminal of the battery of the helper vehicle. The other side is connected to a ground point in the engine compartment of a customers car. Where this is located, it is clear from the user manual of the vehicle. the to The negative terminal of the discharged battery should not be connected , because when you Start by sparking blast gases could ignite. The cables are to be laid in such a way that they cannot be of the rotating parts of the motor are recorded.
made the cable connection between the two cars is first of all, the engine of the booster vehicle launched . The needy car can be started. When it switches, can be disconnected the jumper cables in the reverse order: first the black cable from the ground point and the negative terminal and then remove the red cable from the donor vehicle and then from the slave vehicle to remove.
After the start-up aid should be a longer distance, to charge the battery. Neumann recommends that the capacity and the charging state of the battery in a checked by a specialist workshop.
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