How to light a cigarette machine from the screwdriver

Simple life hacking, which help out in a situation where the battery is mounted.

Despite the comical way it really works. Only for lighting, we will use not the screwdriver, and a battery from it. It is much smaller in size, not to mention the capacity and voltage, but he was fully able to start the car with the dead battery.

You will need

• Battery screwdriver by 12 V or more, and more preferably from 14 V.
• Standard wiring for lighting with crocodiles.
• A pair of nails, screws or hex key.
• duct tape or Scotch.
• Dry sponge or rag.

How to start the car

If all you need is at your fingertips, you can start the process of lighting a. The procedure will be as follows:

1. Remove the battery with a screwdriver or a drill, disconnecting it from the body.

2. Inspect the contacts. If they have an internal structure, try putting on nails, screws or hex keys in each of them. If they are in the form of external connectors, then attach the same nails or screws, and then securely fasten them with electrical tape or adhesive tape.

3. Additionally improvised insulate contacts against accidental contact, which may cause a short circuit, with a dry sponge, cloth or other object, which does not conduct current.

4. Connect the wires for lighting a screwdriver to battery car battery, Connect the positive contact with the positive and negative to negative.

5. Wait about 10 minutes.

6. Try to start the engine, confident twisting a starter.

7. Once the engine starts, disconnect the wires for lighting a car battery.

What else

Now, a few important nuances. First, before proceeding to any manipulation with battery screwdriver, first you need to check its type. For our purposes, suitable nickel-cadmium or nickel-metal-hydride batteries. With lithium-polymer model is better not to experiment, because they can not withstand the high current and explode.

Now about the charge. It is clear that the screwdriver battery must be charged, with all 100%. If you try to turn the trick with half discharge the battery, it just will not work.

And the last point: even with a fully charged battery screwdriver you can start the car only once. If you try to do it again, it will not work as long as you do not recharge it again. Therefore, it is important not to turn off the engine after it starts to give manning a battery can be recharged.

see also

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