It’s one thing to jump-start your car in Normal, but can you jump-start a car in the rain? As long as you stick to a few easy rules, yes, you can jump-start a car in the rain. The service department at Leman's Chevrolet City Llc, near Normal, is here to help you understand the best way to handle the situation when you need to jump your car in the rain.
Living in Decatur means dealing with occasional rainy spells and surprise thunderstorms. While it’s never a convenient time for your car battery to die, it’s especially inconvenient when it happens in the rain. Is it safe to jump a car in the rain? Yes, but there are three big precautions to take when jumping a car in the rain:
Keep your jumper cables in good shape: Make sure your jumper cables don’t have any exposed wires and that they’re new enough to have proper insulation. If rain gets inside the cable, it could cause a short circuit.
Wear protective gear: While you should always wear gloves when jump-starting a car, it’s particularly important when jumping a car in the rain.
Stay under an umbrella if possible: Make sure it covers the battery, too.
Keep all the usual precautions for jump-starting a car in mind when it’s raining: don’t touch both battery terminals at the same time, and connect the jumper cables in the correct order.
How to Jump a Car in the Rain
By taking the precautions listed above, it is safe to jump a car in the rain. But, is the process any different? Thankfully, knowing the process for how to jump a car in the rain is the same as jump-starting a car on a sunny Springfield day:
Park the car with the good battery facing the one with the dead battery, then turn off the engine. Engage the parking brakes on both cars.
Open both hoods and find the batteries. You may need to remove a plastic hood to expose the battery terminals.
Identify the positive and negative terminals and clean off any corrosion if necessary.
Connect the red clamp to the positive post on the dead battery. Uncoiling the battery cable, hook the other red clamp to the positive terminal of the battery with the charge.
Connect the black clamp to the negative post on the good battery.
Connect the final clamp to an unpainted metal surface on your car’s frame.
Start the engine of the vehicle with the good battery first, then the one with the dead battery.
Once the dead vehicle has been jump-started, carefully remove the jumper cables in the reverse order that they were placed on, then shut off the car that was used to help jump-start the dead car.
Keep the engine running on the restarted vehicle for at least 10 minutes to ensure that the weak battery holds the charge. Consult your owner’s manual for more info on recommended times.
Learn More About Jumping a Car in the Rain With Leman's Chevrolet City Llc
Now that you know how to jump-start a car in the rain, and that it’s OK to jump a car in the rain with the proper precautions, turn to Leman's Chevrolet City Llc with all your service-related questions. Our Bloomington team is here to help you with easy DIY service tasks like how to rotate your tires and more!
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