How to use jump leads (about 10 mins).
If you don't have a battery charger to put life back in your battery, then humble jump leads can do the job just as effectively.
When using them, a simple and helpful acronym to remember is… GaBLE - Good and Bad, Live (+) then Earth (-).
- Connect a 'good' battery to your 'bad' one using the live (+) lead and terminal. Then attach the earth lead to the engine block or chassis member (DO NOT attach it to the negative (-) battery terminal of the 'bad' battery.)
- Once connected, start the 'good' car first and leave its engine running, then try turning on the ignition of your car.
- Once your engine is running smoothly, remove the leads in reverse order, one at a time.
- Whatever you do, don't switch you engine off now. It'll take a 20 min drive with the radio and other non-essential electricals off to fully recharge the battery - so you won't have to repeat the process all over again when you stop.
