Booster cable
Booster cables are used for supplying power to an engine having a discharged battery from a booster battery. Internal combustion automobile engines typically require a separate electrical motor, or starter, to externally rotate the engine crankshaft at a sufficiently rapid rate to start the engine. The starter is electrically powered by an automobile battery. However, occasionally an automobile battery may inadvertently become partially depleted or discharged and the depleted battery charge may be insufficient to drive the starter with enough electrical power to crank the engine, resulting in the inability to start the engine. Accordingly, it is known to electrically connect a separate booster battery to the automobile battery to provide additional potential for starting the engine. The booster battery is connected in parallel to the depleted automobile battery through electrical cables in order to recharge or bypass the depleted automobile battery. Typically, a booster cable is attached to an adequately charged battery and to the partially discharged battery of the vehicle to be started. The specific purpose of a booster cable is to obtain sufficient electrical power from one vehicle in which the engine is running to start a motor of another vehicle in which the battery has discharged. The common booster cable consists of two plain conductors, typically with clip terminations, that connect the positive and negative electrodes of one battery or power source to the corresponding electrodes of the battery being charged. Most common electrical booster cables have clamps which are designed to be installed on both ends of an electrical cord having a predetermined length. The clamps at either end of one cable are connected to respective negative terminals of the automobile battery and booster battery, and the clamps at either end of the other cable are connected to respective positive terminals of the automobile battery and booster battery. A spring is commonly included in the booster cable clamp for urging the electrical connection ends (jaws) of the clamp toward each other. Battery booster cable clamps in common use today incorporate toothed jaws that grip or "bite" into the battery terminal post or battery cable terminal.
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