Okay, I'll freely admit that I don't understand a whole lot about how cars work. I posted a question about jumper cables and correct method of hooking them up a few months ago, but I'm really confused about what happened yesterday. I left my lights on (darn warning buzzer didn't work!) and I had a friend agree to let me use her car to jumpstart mine. I hooked up positive to positive and negative (live) to ground (dead). I had her run her car at high idle, and within a twenty minute period, tried three times to start my car...but nothing. I then took the cables off, and reattached them, this time connecting negative to negative (I know, possibility of exploding battery). My father in law (as I said in the last post) swears this is the correct way to do it, although I'd never done it that way. Within a couple of minutes, my car started right up.

Why?

Do I do it the "wrong" way and risk battery acid in the face because I know it works for my car? 'Cause I know the "correct" way didn't work.

I don't get it. <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
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