Talk:Jump start (vehicle)
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An easier way to start a car with a dead battery is to push it down a road and attain enough speed, put it in 2nd or 1st gear and then engage the engine with the clutch. This might not work with automatic transmission, and some people say it should not be done with cars with catalytic converters. I wonder why. Is this method of starting a car called a jump start also?
- Push starting is covered in Manual transmission driving technique, under the section entitled "Starting the vehicle without an electric starter". The dire warnings about catalytic converter damage are bogus. --KazKylheku 22:35, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
Would you agree with me when I say a note should be added about the quality of the jumper cables used? I had plenty of problems jump-starting my truck until I found out that the wire in the cable was 2mm thick (the rest was insulation to make it look thick. I solved the problem by buying 6 meters 4mm thick copper cable and cutting it in 2m long pieces that I stranded together and soldered to the alligator clips of my old jumpers. When buying such cables, care should be taken by taking a look at the thickness of the conductor (by looking under the cover on the clip) to make sure it is thick enough. For a reference, 2mm thick cable is used to wire domestic sockets and 8mm thick cable is used on 180A welding power sources (I had komayo brand cables with 2mm thick wire in them that wasn't even soldered to the clip and now I have 12mm thick, not counting the insulation on them, soldered cables that are a little bulky but get the job done and were cheap to make, since I only had to buy some wire)
[edit] Cleanup
I see several things wrong wiht this article. Here's a short list
- It talks about push starting more than it does jump starting
- It reads like a how to guide
Please fix--12.72.53.246 06:13, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
- Cleaned up. (you know, you could fix it, too!) How does it look now? --Wtshymanski 17:14, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
