Car and Bike Accesories

While passing your driving test will mean that you’re familiar with the highway code, able to use roundabouts, lanes and junctions, and technically legal to drive, most conventional driving schools will not teach you many of the other skills that come in handy. This means that once you’re out there on the road you’ll have to deal with obstacles for the first time as they occur which can be stressful, particularly if you’re driving as part of your job. Jump starting your car is one such skill that’s handy to learn before you start driving for real.

Jump starting a car basically means delivering a powerful charge into the car’s battery in order to give it enough power to start and maintain the car’s engine you’re your car is refusing to start and the battery light comes on this means you’ve run out your battery. This charge comes from another car’s battery and requires the use of ‘jump leads’ to connect the two car batteries together. You will need another car then and a set of jump leads before you can begin. Ensure that your jump leads can withstand the right amount of current for your battery (the engine size will be on the box) and that they are well insulated to avoid a shock.

Once you have both, move another car to face opposite yours, or have it next to you your car so the bonnets are even. Now open both bonnets – this is done by pulling a lever inside the car and unhooking the lid at the front (you should have learned this bit in your test). Prop them both up with their handles and then locate the battery in each. This will be the large box that has a lightning symbol on it, and it might have a plastic cover that needs to be removed or even unscrewed.

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