Le 26/10/2014 18:40, jdebert a écrit :
On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 15:18:17 +0100 (CET) "Carlos E. R." <carlos.e.r@opensuse.org> wrote:
Language barrier here: What is "jumping a battery"?
Sorry!
Shortened form of "jump start", a method of starting a car with a flat battery by using another fresh battery, attaching cables (the "jumper") between the two batteries so they are in parallel.
There is a very large current surge from the other car's battery to the flat battery that generates gas, heats the flat battery and creates some defects on the plates, etc. Sometimes old batteries pop their caps or even crack when jumped.
jd
never seen that (and done this alas quite frequently). There are even "boosters" specially to do this, that is charge a battery with an other one. I use to test eventual short circuit ticking the big cable from the new battery to the old battery connector to see is there is a spark :-) this is instructed to be for 1/4 hour in the booster notice jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org