hey all i know this thread has been reopened many times and my apologies. I had an in depth question regarding a scenario of jump starting and also what the best technique is
back in the day i would always do the following: - lets refer to this as method A
1.Donor vehicle running
2.red to red
3. black donor to black on dead vehicle / black on ground of dead vehicle if the cable can reach
4. rev donor at 2k rpm
5. get someone to crank dead, and usually would be good to go
however after reading and hearing about alternator issues for some people i did some research and tried a new method: - lets refer to this as method B
1. Donor vehicle OFF
2. red to red
3. black donor to black on dead vehicle / black on ground of dead vehicle if the cable can reach
4. wait 5 mins for dead to kinda charge up
5. crank/start dead while donor is STILL off
however i also now recently read up about the following: - lets refer to this one as Method C
1. Donor vehicle OFF
2. red to red
3. black donor to black on dead vehicle / black on ground of dead vehicle if the cable can reach
4. start up the donor vehicle
6. wait 5 mins for dead to kinda charge up
6. turn off donor vehicle
5. crank/start dead while donor is STILL off
and also read about the last one below which we can refer to as Method D
1. Donor vehicle RUNNING
2. red to red
3. black donor to black on dead vehicle / black on ground of dead vehicle if the cable can reach
5. wait 5 mins for dead to kinda charge up
6. turn off donor vehicle
7. crank dead while donor is STILL off
now my question is, out of method C and D - is there any reason to use method D over C? is it just safety? or is there no plausible reason why one would be better then the other? the only difference is whether is running when the connections are made
lastly which method out of the the above 4 is the 'best' as in the safest and would protect alternator/electronics of donor the most? I assume method B however idk if it can start as many cars as method C or D
hoping for a knowledgable discussion! thank you
back in the day i would always do the following: - lets refer to this as method A
1.Donor vehicle running
2.red to red
3. black donor to black on dead vehicle / black on ground of dead vehicle if the cable can reach
4. rev donor at 2k rpm
5. get someone to crank dead, and usually would be good to go
however after reading and hearing about alternator issues for some people i did some research and tried a new method: - lets refer to this as method B
1. Donor vehicle OFF
2. red to red
3. black donor to black on dead vehicle / black on ground of dead vehicle if the cable can reach
4. wait 5 mins for dead to kinda charge up
5. crank/start dead while donor is STILL off
however i also now recently read up about the following: - lets refer to this one as Method C
1. Donor vehicle OFF
2. red to red
3. black donor to black on dead vehicle / black on ground of dead vehicle if the cable can reach
4. start up the donor vehicle
6. wait 5 mins for dead to kinda charge up
6. turn off donor vehicle
5. crank/start dead while donor is STILL off
and also read about the last one below which we can refer to as Method D
1. Donor vehicle RUNNING
2. red to red
3. black donor to black on dead vehicle / black on ground of dead vehicle if the cable can reach
5. wait 5 mins for dead to kinda charge up
6. turn off donor vehicle
7. crank dead while donor is STILL off
now my question is, out of method C and D - is there any reason to use method D over C? is it just safety? or is there no plausible reason why one would be better then the other? the only difference is whether is running when the connections are made
lastly which method out of the the above 4 is the 'best' as in the safest and would protect alternator/electronics of donor the most? I assume method B however idk if it can start as many cars as method C or D
hoping for a knowledgable discussion! thank you