Connecting the leads
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- Vehicle with discharged battery
- Vehicle with booster battery
- Positive terminal connection lead
- Negative terminal connection lead
1. Position the vehicles so that they do not touch each other.
2. Switch off the engine and all electrical consumers.
3. Connect the positive (+) terminal of vehicle B to the positive (+) terminal of vehicle A (lead C).
4. Connect the negative (-) terminal of vehicle B to an earth point on vehicle A (lead D). See Battery connection points.
NOTES
Never connect a lead to the negative (-) terminal of the discharged battery.
Make sure that none of the leads touches moving parts.
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