The document provides instructions for jump starting a vehicle with a dead battery. It explains that batteries have positive and negative terminals that should be identified. The steps are to: 1) connect the positive clamp from the jumper cables to the dead battery's positive terminal; 2) connect the same cable to the live battery's positive terminal; 3) connect the negative cable clamp to the live battery's negative terminal; 4) connect the other negative clamp to the disabled vehicle's metal frame, not the negative battery terminal; 5) attempt to start the disabled vehicle; 6) remove the cables in reverse order once started.
2. VEHICLE BATTERIES COME IN MANY SHAPES AND SIZES…. WHAT THEY TYPICALLY HAVE IN COMMON IS A POSTIVE (+) AND NEGATIVE (-) TERMINAL. NOTE THE POSTIVE (+) ICON NEXT TO THE TERMINAL ON THE BATTERY
3.
4. JUMPER CABLES COME IN DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS AND CABLE WEIGHT. A LARGER CABLE DIAMETER REDUCES RESISTANCE …HENCE… LESS HEATING OF THE COATED JUMPER CABLE WIRE
5.
6.
7. STEP ONE: CONNECT ONE OF THE JUMPER CABLE CLAMPS (POSTIVE/RED/ORANGE) TO THE “DEAD” BATTERY’S POSITIVE (+) POST
8.
9. STEP TWO: CONNECT THE REMAINING CLAMP OF THE SAME CABLE (POSTIVE/RED/ORANGE) TO THE “ LIVE ” BATTERY’S POSITIVE (+) POST
10.
11. STEP THREE: CONNECT THE CLAMP OF THE REMAINING JUMPER CABLE (NEGATIVE/BLACK/GRAY) TO THE “LIVE” BATTERY’S NEGATIVE (-) POST
12.
13. STEP FOUR: CONNECT THE OTHER END CLAMP OF THE SAME CABLE (NEGATIVE/BLACK/GRAY) TO A CLEAN METAL PART OF THE DISABLED VEHICLE
