"DrScientist" (DrScientist)
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"DrScientist" (DrScientist)
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negative cable to ground!
bob and john
> DrScientist
02/12/2017 at 14:41 |
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i’ve only done ground if I couldnt access the negative post.
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> DrScientist
02/12/2017 at 14:44 |
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Electrically the negative terminal is ground.
DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
02/12/2017 at 15:17 |
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I’ve always been confused by that. I always thought the side with the extra electrons, was labeled the negative, and that’s where the electricity flowed from. But if you hook up the negative of the good battery to the ground and the positive to the bad battery you get flow. It seem’s like the terminals are labeled the opposite, but that wouldn’t make sense.
Urambo Tauro
> DrScientist
02/12/2017 at 15:29 |
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I swear, they must use the same “car failing to start” sound effect in almost every movie/show/ad. I just watched The Pelican Brief the other night, and heard it again in the car bomb scene.
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Urambo Tauro
> DrScientist
02/12/2017 at 15:37 |
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I swear, they must use the same “car failing to start” sound effect across so many movies/shows/ads. I just watched The Pelican Brief the other night, and heard the same clip during the car bomb scene.
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Urambo Tauro
> DrScientist
02/12/2017 at 15:46 |
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If this reply doesn’t post, it’ll be the third time today. I just had two get Kinja’d, and I tried them both twice. Part of me hopes that they got through, but part of me hopes that Kinja doesn’t post BOTH of them. I hate double posts.
404 - User No Longer Available
> DrScientist
02/12/2017 at 15:47 |
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That might be correct, engine doesn’t look like a Five Hundred/Montego/Taurus/Sable Duratec. Notice the position of the brake fluid reservoir, it might be the truck’s engine bay.
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Urambo Tauro
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
02/12/2017 at 16:51 |
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Attaching it straight to ground bypasses the possibility of a loose negative battery cable. And if there’s any chance that you didn’t make a good connection with the jumper clamp, resulting sparks will be further away from gasses vented by the battery.
But you’re right: In most cases, attaching the jumper lead to the negative terminal is sufficient. Ground is ground, wherever you choose to tie into it.
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DrScientist
> Urambo Tauro
02/12/2017 at 17:04 |
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like the screaming/dying guy clip that i dont know enough about to explain any further?
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DrScientist
> bob and john
02/12/2017 at 17:06 |
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and ive only done the opposite
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Urambo Tauro
> DrScientist
02/12/2017 at 17:08 |
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Wilhelm? Yeah, but that’s become an industry joke.
I don’t think I’m supposed to recognize THIS sound. They’re even using it in music videos!
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DrScientist
> 404 - User No Longer Available
02/12/2017 at 17:12 |
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ahhh... didnt think of that.
probably because im always the guy with the car that NEEDS the jump.
:(