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How to jump-start a car.(You You You: The Single Girl's Bible)(Brief article)

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| April 01, 2009 | Triffin, Molly | COPYRIGHT 2009 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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Step 1 Turn off both cars. Open their hoods, and locate their batteries. (Consult the owner's manuals if you can't find them.) Next, get out jumper cables, which you should always keep in your trunk.

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Step 2 Jumper cables have two wires: one red (positive), one black (negative). Clamp one end of the red cable onto the positive terminal of the dead battery (labeled with a plus sign) and the other end onto the positive terminal of the working battery. Don't let the ends of the cables touch each other or it could ...

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