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Ramsay (3toedsloth)
| | Posted on Saturday, November 16, 2002 - 12:14 pm: | 
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My buddy seems to think that if he jumps the dead battery in his Range Rover it's going to screw up his truck. I told him it sounds ludicrous to me, but then again, I only drive a measley little Discovery.
JR |
Jason Vance (Jason)
| | Posted on Saturday, November 16, 2002 - 12:47 pm: |
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No, it won't hurt his vehicle.
I actually heard that excuse once when I was in need of a jump start at a gas station (this was driving a nice looking Subaru Legacy...not some junky car). I asked the person next to me if he could offer me a jump start because my battery just died (I even had the jumper cables out...). He looks at me, stirs for a few seconds and says he can't jump other cars because it will ruin the electronics in his car (a late 90's Pontiac).
I just stared at him and shook my head. |
Peter Carey (Pcarey)
| | Posted on Saturday, November 16, 2002 - 08:03 pm: |
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"Ummm, yeah. My battery is not built to start a car with. I'm not sure how mine starts, but I know I shouldn't start someone else's with mine."
Didn't someone else have a story about being told there was a circuit that watched for too much power being used by the system and shut it down? So if you put in, say, a set of off road lights it would stop your car.
I've jumped both my disco and my rangie (one with the other and back) and neither had a problem.
pwc |
Snowman
| | Posted on Sunday, November 17, 2002 - 09:14 am: |
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HI-
I will be jumping my 92' RR today, just like I did the day before. No problems.
S- |
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