Other than side post batteries are hard to put cables on, I haven't heard of not jumping. My 2004 Impala even has a remote Positive terminal to do just that, jump start it. Because the side terminals on the battery are very hard to reach.
Hooking up batteries in parallel (like jump starting) increases the capacity while the voltage remains the same. I don't see how a vehicle (or alterneator) would know the difference between 1 or 2 batteries connected in parallel.
A dodge mechanic told dad that about the dodge truck and the gmc last night would only click and tried to drain the other truck, was just wondering if all that was true and. if anybody else has had any experinces with this.
Nonsense! I worked at a car dealership and we jumped everything with jump packs. (Diesels took 2 jump packs). The remote jumper hook-ups are to keep consumers away from the battery and if you look at the electronics in place you will see the remote jump stud goes direct to the starter. It is supposed to be safer and keep the ecm from frying.
A dodge mechanic told dad that about the dodge truck and the gmc last night would only click and tried to drain the other truck, was just wondering if all that was true and. if anybody else has had any experinces with this.
Thats what i thought about the mechanic,i'd never heard of such intill last night.as far as the gmc i wasnt in the parkinglot when they was trying it,but i thought it may be something else too.thanks for setting my mind at ease.
I have both a 2000 Dodge Ram and a 2004 GMC Sierra and I have used both to jump other vehicles in the last month. I have no idea why the mechanic would tell you that they couldn't.
