Why Are My Jumper Cables Melting. A lot of those cables you get at Walmart or in those little emergency kits youre supposed to give teenagers at Christmas are garbage and simply cant handle the output of a good battery. There is the right way and the wrong way to accomplish a jump start safelyBecause of the.
Cheap thin jumper cables that have thin wires which create a lot of resistance heat is usually the culprit in such situations. I hooked them up to my wifes battery but hadnt gotten to hooking them up to mine yet. Why are my jumper cables overheating after jumping.
Over cranking whereas attempting to begin disabled car with too skinny of jumper cables could cause such meltingoverheating.
I ran out and found exactly what she said. They will smoke and soften while you attempt cranking the useless automotive. One of us turned the van off. The main reason why golf cart battery cables will melt is because of too much current passing through the jumper cable.
