jumper cable
Dead battery's lifeline
Jumper cables are a pair of heavy electrical cables with clamps at each end, used to start a vehicle with a dead battery by connecting it to a working battery in another vehicle.
The cables transfer power from the good battery to the dead one, allowing the engine to turn over.
Also called jump leads in British English.
Can you give me a jump? I've got jumper cables in my trunk.
Portable electricity storage
- dead batteryExhausted power source
- jump startEmergency battery charge
- roadside assistanceEmergency help for motorists
- clampsFastening grip devices
car trouble · alligator clips · red and black · positive and negative · vehicle · hood · terminals · booster
Electrical potential difference
- currentDirected flow of charge
- amperageElectrical flow quantity
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
- wireThin metallic conductor
gauge · insulation · conductivity · circuit · positive terminal · negative terminal · ground · electricity
battery
Portable electricity storage
- dead batteryExhausted power source
- jump startEmergency battery charge
- roadside assistanceEmergency help for motorists
car trouble · clamps · alligator clips · red and black · positive and negative · vehicle · hood · terminals · booster · stranded
voltage
Electrical potential difference
wire · gauge · insulation · conductivity · circuit · positive terminal · negative terminal · ground · electricity · charge
rescue
Save from harm
distress · help · assistance · urgency · crisis · safety · recovery · relief · preparedness · emergency kit
clamp
Device for holding tight
- terminalAt the endpoint
- clipCut or attach
- attachmentConnection or fondness
coupling · junction · contact · grip · spring-loaded · teeth · jaws · secure · fasten · attach
- cablescoaxial, ethernet, patch cord, twisted pair, DisplayPort
- conductorscopper wire, gold wire, silver wire, aluminum, platinum
- Car Electricsalternator, battery terminal, fuse, fuse box, fusebox
- network cablingCat5e, Cat6, patch cord, twisted pair, STP
- Jumpersfrog, kangaroo, grasshopper, flea, rabbit
- electrical wiringwires, wire, ground wire, circuit, grounding wire