LEAFfan
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ebill3 said:Well, lets see what Phil says, but I was always taught to make the negative connection AWAY from the Pb battery because hydrogen gas might be present and the connection spark could ignite it.UkrainianKozak said:Ingineer said:If you do accidentally discharge the 12v battery (Leaf will appear totally dead), you can jump start just like a normal car, but be ABSOLUTELY SURE the polarity is correct, and make the negative connection on the Leaf to the body or DC-DC junction box (you can see where the black ground wire connects on top). NEVER connect anything to the Leaf's negative 12v battery terminal, EVER!
-Phil
Phil,
What is it about not to connect to the negative terminal of the batter during jump-starting?
I was always doing that with ICE, and I did it with my Leaf... What is the reasoning behind it? is it that something might happen or I already did something bad to my car?
Bill
Bingo! On all of my ICE cars, I always connected the neg jumper cable to the engine block on both cars during the 'jumping'.