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How do you charge a 12 volt car battery without electricity?
I don’t have a charger for my 12 volt battery, and I really don’t want to buy one. Is there a better way for me to charge my 12 volt battery without electricity? How do you charge a 12 volt car battery without electricity?
Bellina Gaskey · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
Good question! If you don’t have access to a charger to put some juice back in your 12 volt car battery, there are other ways to charge it. The most common and popular is by
jump starting
it. You can also switch the batteries between two cars if they have batteries of similar sizes.If you have access to a working car and jumper cables, you should be able to jumpstart the battery to get it going again. Jumper cables are a basic part of any
car emergency kit
, and hopefully someone has them handy. You can connect the battery to the working cars battery and use one to charge the other. Another option is to swap the battery into a living car to charge it that way. Before you do this, make absolutely sure that the vehicles have the same size battery, specifically the mAh of the batteries. Switching the wrong sized batteries can cause damage to the battery and the car.
Before worrying about batteries, make sure you have affordable insurance for your vehicles.
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