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  1. 21st June 2023, 12:17 PM #1
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    Ground points for charging / jump starting

    Hey team. I've had a good google/forum search but for the life of me I can't find a clear answer even though I know it's probably obvious.

    This morning in the cold my D3 wouldn't turn over. Battery around 5 years old probably on the way out. I've gone and got a battery charger but for the life of me I can't find a good point I'd like to charge / jump start off.

    Can someone please send through a photo of where they connect their black leads to?

    P. S. I'm running a traxide system and my old man was telling me to just use jumper cables on the auxiliary battery. This is dangerous right?
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    Is there a reason why you can’t connect your cables up to the red and black on your main battery?
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    Charge the battery off the terminals, when jumping earth off the body/chassis - there are 2-3 earth studs to the right of the battery compartment on the inner guard.
    I have charged off the aux battery before without issue but now use the anderson plug i fitted on the rear bar.
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    Quote Originally Posted by loanrangie View Post
    Charge the battery off the terminals, when jumping earth off the body/chassis - there are 2-3 earth studs to the right of the battery compartment on the inner guard.
    Why not jump it from the terminals also?
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    Quote Originally Posted by loanrangie View Post
    Charge the battery off the terminals, when jumping earth off the body/chassis - there are 2-3 earth studs to the right of the battery compartment on the inner guard.
    I have charged off the aux battery before without issue but now use the anderson plug i fitted on the rear bar.
    These ones?
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    Quote Originally Posted by John_D4 View Post
    Is there a reason why you can’t connect your cables up to the red and black on your main battery?
    I've always been told you risk the battery exploding. This seems to be the consensus online
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    Quote Originally Posted by Parso View Post
    These ones?
    That's the ones.
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    Quote Originally Posted by John_D4 View Post
    Why not jump it from the terminals also?
    The inrush of current can fry the electric modules, this is true of all EFI/modern vehicles.
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    Has the vehicle got a handbook,if so have a read,or someone else may have the book.

    If not,charge off terminals,to jump start use positive and a good earth for the negative.
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    Quote Originally Posted by scarry View Post
    Has the vehicle got a handbook,if so have a read,or someone else may have the book.

    If not,charge off terminals,to jump start use positive and a good earth for the negative.
    That's the question Scarry. Where is the good earth? Book doesn't say
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