The safest order to attach the jumper cables is as follows:
- Attach one red jumper cable clamp to the positive terminal on the dead battery.
- Attach the other end of the same cable, the second red jumper cable clamp, to the positive terminal on the working (live) car battery.
- Attach one black jumper cable clamp to the negative terminal of the working (live) car’s battery.
- Attach the other end of that cable, the second black jumper cable clamp, to an unpainted piece of stationary metal on the car with the dead battery. Do not attach this clamp to the negative terminal on the dead car’s battery.