When the vehicle battery is jump-started, it give s off hydroge n gas , which is highl y exp losive!
A lw ays keep fire, sparks, ope n flame , and smoking materi als fa r away from vehicle
necting or disco nnecting jumper cable s.
Jump-s ta rt batterie s only in well-ventil ated
areas. Batteries give off highly explosive
Always route the jumper cables so that they cannot get caught in any moving parts in the
..
Never short out the battery terminals by
connecting the positi ve termina l(+) and
Never connect the negative c abl e from the other vehicle directly to the negativ e terminal of the di scharged b atte ry, as thi s may cause the
hyd rog en gas given off by the di sc harg ed battery
to explod e.
Never att ac h the negati ve cable from the hicl e providing starting assistance to any
Never allow the non-insulat ed parts of the battery clamps to tou ch.
Never allow the jumper cable attached to the
po sitive battery te rminal to contact metal parts of the vehicle.
Note
To avoid doing exte nsive damage to the vehicle
elect rica l system, read and heed t11e following:
Connecting jumper cables imprope rl y can ca use a short cir cuit and do expensive damage to the ve hicl e's electric al sys te m.
Do not le t the ve hicles touch eac h other whil e
the jumper cab les are conncc te d.Iftl1 ey do,
