BirdClemRV
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- Dec 21, 2009
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attempted to start rv - chevy wrkhorse - engine turned slowly but no start. used my Ford Escape 6 cyl battery to jump start engine battery. With car engine off. connected cables to + & - on car battery. Next, connected + clamp to + on rv battery and the neg clamp to brace in engine compartment --- bit of a spark when I clamped the neg to brace. went to car to start engine. saw cable near rv smoking. got out of car ASAP and by then the cables were on fire near Ford's battery. Frantically grabbed cables and burned hands badly but did manage to disconnect all four clamps. Within two minutes, hands still aching, I went to rv to start it and the engine turned over. (dah) What would have caused the cables to smolder and catch on fire? Very puzzled -- in that rv starts and so does the car engine. :-\