Is running you rbattery dead bad for it?

[why?]

yea, it will hurt the battery as was said, but how much? Can't really tell. Was it an easy jump?

[Shinare]

Originally Posted by why?

yea, it will hurt the battery as was said, but how much? Can't really tell. Was it an easy jump?

I just had my wife's Jeep in the garage next to me, ran the cables over and connected them up. I didn't start up the Jeep. When I cranked the Yaris it sounded like it was struggling to turn over, but after the initial turn over it started right up. I assumed the struggle to turn over was because the jeep was not running and poor contact with the jumper cable leads.

[why?]

Originally Posted by Shinare

I just had my wife's Jeep in the garage next to me, ran the cables over and connected them up. I didn't start up the Jeep. When I cranked the Yaris it sounded like it was struggling to turn over, but after the initial turn over it started right up. I assumed the struggle to turn over was because the jeep was not running and poor contact with the jumper cable leads.

i've never heard of being able to jump a car with another car that was off!!! wow.

i agree with grabbing a charger/desulfator thing, but just on general principles more than anything.