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...you can avoid the situation occurring by connecting the leads in a definite order...



Which is?

I seem to remember being told negatives first in any order, then positive on the dead battery and then the other end on the battery in the car with the running engine.

C'mon, tell me if I've been doing it right all these years.

Nick.

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