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Left my SRT in ACC mode last night after listening to some tunes in the garage. Amp killed the battery overnight deader than a doornail even though the volume was turned to zero. Dork move on my part.
No problem I thought the next morning, as I hooked my spiffy new thin jumper cables between my Caravan and my Challenger (car was nose forward in the garage).
No joy. Thought something significant had broken on the car so I called Chrysler Car Care (no charge, 800-521-2779) to have the car trailered to the local dealership. Tow truck driver rolls up and before we load, he attaches two heavy duty jumper cables between his tow truck and my car, and the Challenger fires right up.
When I mentioned to the driver that I tried to jump it, the first question he asked was about the thickness of the cables I used. When I showed him the cables, he mentioned that thinner cables often don't carry the current necessary to turn over a dead car. I figured since he does this all day long that he's pretty clued in to this situation. Strongly suggested I get heavy duty cables, and that's exactly what I'll do tomorrow.
While the thinner ones coil much better, $20 more will get you a pair of cables more likely to get you back on the road.
I'm sure thinner ones have worked many times for lots of folks, but what the tow truck driver said made sense; many (many) years ago when I was a welder, we always used the heaviest cables we could buy.
Hope this helps you out.
No problem I thought the next morning, as I hooked my spiffy new thin jumper cables between my Caravan and my Challenger (car was nose forward in the garage).
No joy. Thought something significant had broken on the car so I called Chrysler Car Care (no charge, 800-521-2779) to have the car trailered to the local dealership. Tow truck driver rolls up and before we load, he attaches two heavy duty jumper cables between his tow truck and my car, and the Challenger fires right up.
When I mentioned to the driver that I tried to jump it, the first question he asked was about the thickness of the cables I used. When I showed him the cables, he mentioned that thinner cables often don't carry the current necessary to turn over a dead car. I figured since he does this all day long that he's pretty clued in to this situation. Strongly suggested I get heavy duty cables, and that's exactly what I'll do tomorrow.
While the thinner ones coil much better, $20 more will get you a pair of cables more likely to get you back on the road.
I'm sure thinner ones have worked many times for lots of folks, but what the tow truck driver said made sense; many (many) years ago when I was a welder, we always used the heaviest cables we could buy.
Hope this helps you out.