Aight, when I got off school today, some girl stopped my car and asked if me if she can use my car to help jump start hers. Being the good samaritan that I am, and noticing that she looked good, I agreed to do so. So I left my car running and popped the hood. I asked her if she knew how to do it because I've never jumped start a car before and she said "yes." So, while my car was running, she put the red (+) clamp on my battery's positive terminal and the positive on her battery. Then she told me to put the black clamp on my negative terminal, and she did the same to her negative terminal. Sparks slowly began to ignite, and smoke started coming from my positive terminal. so I pulled it off and told her that she probably did it wrong.
So we tried again and this time she put the red clamp on my negative terminal. Then she put the black clamp on my positive (opposite as before). She did the same with hers. This time, she tried to start her car and it cranked for a bit, but it didn't start. I was just worried about my car at this point. That smoke really bothered me cuz I thought the battery was gonna blow up.
Can anyone tell me wth happened? And whats the safest way to jump start without blowing up the car? Note: Don't trust college girls with jumper cables.
So we tried again and this time she put the red clamp on my negative terminal. Then she put the black clamp on my positive (opposite as before). She did the same with hers. This time, she tried to start her car and it cranked for a bit, but it didn't start. I was just worried about my car at this point. That smoke really bothered me cuz I thought the battery was gonna blow up.
Can anyone tell me wth happened? And whats the safest way to jump start without blowing up the car? Note: Don't trust college girls with jumper cables.