Is it bad to jump-start cars with "computers" in them?

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
well damn, better not jumpstart anything built after 1980, then . . . .

Seriously!

 

[BUTCH1]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: BUTCH1
The #1 cause of returned alts. is installing in a car w/ a totally dead battery then jumping
it to get it started, now the alt. is seeing almost a dead short trying to recharge it. Correct
way is to charge batt. w/a re-charger before first start. Since my batt. is inside a box I
usually just offer a ride to them.

I have a battery charger and use that if I needed a charge. However, how the heck do you smoke the jumper cables?! You must have some really cheap crappy jumper cables that aren't designed well for jumping most vehicles.

I'm picturing 24 gauge wire hooked up to alligator clips or something...

Yea they were cheap, but not that cheap..When my neighbor first hooked up to me
you could hear his rpms drop 2-3 hundred due to alt. being loaded up. I'm glad he
traded it in, I'm sure that event took a lot of life from his alt.