How to Jump Start a Boat

Have you ever had a dead battery in a boat and not known what to do? Well, it's an easy problem to take care of with a few steps. All you need is some jumper cables and another boat or car (depending on the location of the boat) to help assist.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• A boat with a dead battery
• Jumper cables
• A boat or car with an operational battery

1. Make sure that there is nothing obstructing the battery.

2. Turn off the boat so that no power is being transmitted from the dead battery.

3. Carefully attach the positive and negative ends of the jumper cables to the battery while taking care to not touch the other ends of the cables together.

4. If the boat is in the water, carefully back another boat up as closely as possible and attach the jumper cables to its battery.

5. Attach to a car battery if the boat is on a trailer on land.

6. Turn the properly operating battery on and allow the two boats (or one boat and one car) to sit idly for three or four minutes.

7. Turn the key of the boat with the dead battery and it should start right up.

8. Allow boat to run for a few minutes before turning off.

9. Carefully remove jumper cables.

Tips & Warnings

• Do not touch the jumper cable ends together.

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