BS: Jump starting an engine

Subject: RE: BS: Jump starting an engine
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 15 Feb 12 - 06:21 PM

Not likely to be dangerous to you gnu, but it will most likely knacker the six volt battery, and don't forget there's a chance of damaging the starter motor which is also designed for six volts.

Don T.

Subject: RE: BS: Jump starting an engine
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 15 Feb 12 - 06:14 PM

Shouldn't do it really. I certainly wouldn't try it.

Subject: BS: Jump starting an engine
From: gnu
Date: 15 Feb 12 - 06:02 PM

Well... I don't know a lot about yer lectrickity. It's sneaky. Ya can't see it and it can mess ya up real bad. Fact is, other than rubbin a balloon on my hair (well, not any more) and stickin it on a wall er scuffin my socks on the carpet and touchin my bro's ear lobe, I really don't know a whole lot. Oh, I got the basics but I just don't trust myself to try "new things".

Soooo... if I jump start an engine by hookin a 12V source to a 6V battery feeding a starter... will I die? Is there even such a thing as a "12V source"? I mean, iffin they are both DC, does it matter? Can I jump start a 6V battery starter system with my truck?