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Old 12-09-2007, 04:16 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ksebruce View Post
Do not ever connect the earth from battery to battery as this can cause damage to the Engine Management system!!
Even if you connect from chassis to chassis for the negative it still connects one battery negative to battery negative.

Do not trust anyone who calls negative on a vehicle "earth", its the first clue that they have not got a clue what they are talking about.


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The vehicles must not touch as this can cause sparks or an explosion.
Have they been watching to many American TV shows/films, in the real world cars do not explode on contact.
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