Jumper Cables

So.. Tacoma’s shouldn’t jump start (older) Cars ?!! Last time I’ll be nice enough. Someone told me it can burn out my computer. Is this true ?
Yikes !

 

Majority of people are stupid. Myself included

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNOjEuyRRO0

Starts at 20 seconds in

1:30 - 2:00 for electronic burnouts

 

It’s possible, especially if someone doesn’t know what they’re doing. I’ll only jump start my own or a friends car. For everyone else I carry a jump box.

 

Any car or truck you Take the risk & can burn your computer if you jump it while it’s running all you have to do to be safe is shut the engine off make sure you connect the positive & Ground correct then start up your truck rev it to about 3k while jumping it & will be ok FYi

 

Good suggestions, I’ll add that I turn-off all my electronics and set the A/C Blower to Low or 1. I don’t generally find it necessary to rev my engine unless I’m trying to jump the Diesel engine in my work truck (F-550). I use really thick Jumper Cables as well.

 

Wow I had no idea

 

Not hard. Turn it off. Connect cables correctly. Start truck. Start dead vehicle. Turn your truck off. Disconnect cables. Move on.

Guys, it's not a new thing. It could happen 25 years ago if you fucked it up.

 

Except, they say to Not Connect the cables directly to your battery but to a metal part on your truck- Connecting directly to battery can cause a short Or ruin your computer (if dead car is an older model) apparently this is directed to Newer model cars jumping old cars. Who knew

 

I guess I been doing it wrong my whole life. I learn something new today.

 

Again, same thing could happen 25 years ago. Nothing to do with Tacoma and everything to do with Ohms Law.

 

Get yourself a jumper pack.

 

This, all day, everyday:

Too easy, protected, and useful for a bunch of other stuff, like mood lighting:


Jumpers just take up space and are otherwise useless anymore.

 

Mood lighting is my primary concern. Truck ain't gotta run to "set the mood."

 

On the spot!

That, and a good mating call:

 

I'm not an electronics expert but, "you have two alternators running against each other" doesn't sound like it makes sense.

 

+1 on the jump box. Mine has a couple USB’s, a cig lighter socket, and a work light on it as well. Like the video said, it’ll yell at you if you don’t hook it up right and won’t turn on. I take it out and plug it in every month or so that way it’s good if I ever need it. I helped an employee at basspro with it while I was on my way out a while back, he had a Ram 2500 and it had him running in 2 min.

 

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I work construction and we have to jump all kinds of equipment in the winter and we never shut the truck off .