Jebiruph
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A few days ago a picture was posted on another thread (https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...ressed-in-user-guide.40684/page-6#post-922367) that showed a jump start related addendum to the owners manual that states "Only use the positive battery post on the main battery to jump start your vehicle. Serious injury or death could result if you attempt to jump start using the supplemental battery".
I've been trying to figure out what they are referring to. Given the reference to only using the positive battery post on the main battery to jump start, I wonder if the warning applies to a suggestion I saw to jump start using the N1 terminal instead of the main battery positive. Even then, how would that result in death? They might be concerned about applying to high of a voltage to the smaller battery, but my JL alternator is charging at 14.5 volts all the time, are there jump starters that are significantly higher than 14.5 volts?
Does anyone have any insight into what the actual issue is they are warning about?
I've been trying to figure out what they are referring to. Given the reference to only using the positive battery post on the main battery to jump start, I wonder if the warning applies to a suggestion I saw to jump start using the N1 terminal instead of the main battery positive. Even then, how would that result in death? They might be concerned about applying to high of a voltage to the smaller battery, but my JL alternator is charging at 14.5 volts all the time, are there jump starters that are significantly higher than 14.5 volts?
Does anyone have any insight into what the actual issue is they are warning about?
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