7Vehicle or Boat Engine Starting Assistance

7.1 Jump-Starting Direct to the Battery

With the Jump-Start Cables supplied, Portable Power 250 may be used to jump-start a vehicle or boat that has a 12-volt starting battery. Portable Power 250 has a special jump-start safety feature that eliminates the sparking that sometimes occurs when jump-start cables are connected to a battery. Because of this important feature, the instructions below are different from those often supplied with other jump-start products or booster cables. Follow these steps only when using Portable Power 250:

1.Turn off the vehicle or boat ignition, and all accessories.

2.Engage the park or emergency brake and place the transmission in park or neutral.

3.If jump-starting a boat engine, purge the engine compartment and bilge of all fumes before jump-starting.

4.Connect the Jump-Start Cables to the Jumper Cable Port on the left side of the unit. (See Figure 1.)

5.Position Portable Power 250 on a flat stable surface near the battery and clear of all moving parts of the engine.

6.Connect the red positive (+) clip at the end of the Jump- Start Cables to the positive (+) terminal of the engine battery. The battery’s positive terminal is usually larger in diameter than the negative terminal. In most vehicles it has a red wire connected to it.

7.Connect the black negative (-) clip at the end of the Jump- Start Cables to the engine block, cylinder head, or other stationary heavy metal part of the motor, or to the negative (-) battery terminal.

8.If the positive and negative clips are properly connected, the green Battery Clips Correct light will illuminate. If the clips are not properly connected the Reverse Polarity Alarm will sound and the red Battery Clips Incorrect light will illuminate. Remove both clips to cancel the alarm and repeat steps 6 and 7.

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