How Can You Yourself Jumpstart Your Car?

 It’s said that jumpstarting a car is a fundamental skill that everyone needs to know. It’s important to know this skill during an uncertain situation. Hypothetically, you are out on a small trip with your friends and your vehicle breaks down in the middle of the road. You very carefully get it to the side and seek help from your friends to jumpstart the car. This whole process would have been different if you were alone on the road. You would have surely taken the help of a car service provider in Clayton. 

If the mechanics running late or taking a really long time to locate you, then you should do it on your own by seeking a good Samaritan's help. This would be a quicker process than waiting for the mechanic. To know how to jumpstart the car, here are the steps for it:

Steps to jumpstart a car:

1. Be prepared
   Be sure that your jumper cables are in good condition. Also, the cables should be long enough to reach between cars. There should not be any exposed cables and rubber coating should be crack-free. The clamps of the jumper cables should be intact and clean. Once all of this is looked into, get the vehicles closer or beside each other. Put the vehicles in neutral or manual and set the parking brakes. Pop the hood up of both the vehicles and get the cables out.
   
   
2. Connect the vehicles
   For that, you need to bear in mind that the red cable is positive and the black cable is negative. Then,
   
   
   • Connect the red clamp firmly to the positive terminal of the car that has a dead battery.
   
   
   • Connect the other red clamp to the positive terminal of the car with a good battery.
   
   
   • Later, connect one black clamp to the negative terminal on the car with a good battery.
   
   
   • The other black clamp should not be dangling and needs to be connected to an unpainted metal surface anywhere in the engine compartment with the dead battery. This will act as the grounding. 
   
   Along with following these steps, it’s important to remember that the clamps are tightly secured and aren’t close to any moving parts of the vehicle. 
   
   
3. Start your engine
   Turn on the donor car and let it be for a short period of time. This is till it stabilizes before attempting to start the other car with the flat battery. Usually, while starting the car with a flat battery, there will be voltage spikes. To avoid this to happen, turn on the headlights. This will dampen the possibility of any voltage spikes occurring. After a while, try turning on the flat battery car and let it run for a bit to begin charging the battery. If the vehicle doesn’t start, then try after a few more minutes. 
   
   
4. Disconnect the vehicles
   After the flat battery car comes to life, leave the vehicle running. Disconnect the vehicle by removing the cables in reverse order of connection. Make sure you are absolutely careful while doing this. The cables shouldn’t touch each other or shouldn’t dangle from the engine. 
   
   
5. Take a drive
   After the vehicle begins to go ahead, drive the vehicle for a while. At least for 30 minutes, take the vehicle for a drive to begin charging the battery. However, it’s important to know if the battery is in a really bad shape, it’s better to take it to a mechanic maybe in Oakleigh. This is if you are from Oakleigh. Or else, take to a nearby auto parts shop with a certified battery charger. 

What if your car won’t start?

Even after this whole process, if the car doesn’t start, then you should visit a car service provider in Clayton or a nearby suburb. There must be some other problem with the vehicle that only an expert can identify. 

What if the battery goes dead or flat again?

If the battery ever goes flat again, then repeat the steps above and it will be fine. But if this happens very often, then surely there must be a deeper problem in the car. Maybe the charging system in the car is broken down or beyond recharging and needs replacement. 

Conclusion:

This is exactly how you learn to jumpstart the car. It’s basic steps that can be learned easily and don’t need much assistance except a friend and his/her car to start your car. Again, obviously, you have to go to an expert when this doesn’t solve the issue. There are some best mechanics in Mulgrave that can serve you properly. But learning this skill is really important as it makes you self-dependent than feeling helpless.