car battery jumping quad battery

[J-Nubs]

my 400ex batt. is dead is it ok to jump it with a car ?

[Honda4trax250x]

no u cant do that, too much power from the car battery if i iam correct

[hondafox440]

It will be fine, they are both 12V batteries.

[DESDAK4]

It works fine, we have done it dozens of times.

Jay
USAF
AMMO

[wilkin250r]

You'll be fine, a larger 12-volt battery won't "overload" the electrical system on your quad. If you tried to use a 24-volt battery, then yes, you would overload your system.

If you want equations, I can bore you to death. OR, you can just trust me, you'll be fine.

[Red00Honda400EX]

I've done that many times.

[sparky450AR]

i did it last night:p

my ground wire split in half cuz my battery case was floppy

[stace609]

we do that to the jetski. the first time is scared the heck out of me. i could just see SOMETHING blowing up:eek2:

[AtvMxRider]

Originally posted by Honda4trax250x
no u cant do that, too much power from the car battery if i iam correct


Nope your wrong ;) . You can jump it with a car battery.

[hondafox440]

I had to jump the 440 the other day with a battery charger. I have seen by dad do it a hundred times but I wasn't really sure on what to do. Stupidly, I plugged the charger in first and then went to connect the clips. Lucky for me I accidently dropped the ground clip onto the hot clip and sparks went everywhere. It was then that my friend and I realized to plug the charger in AFTER connected it to the battery. We did that and it went smoothly once I figured out to set it on 12V instead of 6V. :D

[ralph2]

by the time u whip out the jumper cables,, pot the hood,, get the car close,, hook em up to the terminals(which is a ***** with the quad) u could have already pushed it down ur driveway and poped the clutch:rolleyes: ;)

[RoadkillerRyan]

Originally posted by ralph2
by the time u whip out the jumper cables,, pot the hood,, get the car close,, hook em up to the terminals(which is a ***** with the quad) u could have already pushed it down ur driveway and poped the clutch:rolleyes: ;)
unless your to lazy to run like me hah
getting tired thinking about it

[wilkin250r]

Originally posted by ralph2
by the time u whip out the jumper cables,, pot the hood,, get the car close,, hook em up to the terminals(which is a ***** with the quad) u could have already pushed it down ur driveway and poped the clutch:rolleyes: ;)

And what happens if it doesn't start on the first time. Do you push it again, or do you get the cables?

[MOFO]

I really enjoy it when I push start my cold blooded 400 in sub artic weather....I have it down to 1 mile of pushing .... LMAO!



...and I agree with everyone else, you can jump start your quad from you car or car charger.

[J-Nubs]

ya im a pro at startin a dead quad now b/c of this freezing weather done quite a bit of clutch poppin and am usually lazy and just hook it up to a car but i just installed a 42 pilot jet so all my dead battery problems are over with