# Charge Battery after Jumping

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/charge-battery-after-jumping/77275>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [February 10, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/charge-battery-after-jumping/77275 "2013-02-10T22:00:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Paul-from-North-Carolina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@Paul-from-North-Carolina](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Paul-from-North-Carolina)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/charge-battery-after-jumping/77275/1 "2013-02-10T22:00:55Z")

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The Car Talk Jump Starting instructions are excellent. I would add: After jump starting a battery it should be fully charged. A full charge will require a few hours on a battery charger. It will recharge just by running the engine, but a lead acid battery needs to be recharged as soon as possible to prolong its life.

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/charge-battery-after-jumping/77275/2 "2013-02-11T01:08:46Z")

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To me both should be recharged. Jumping takes quite a bit out of the donor battery as well as the receiving battery. Since my diesel days though of 24 volt starting, I just don’t jump cars any more. There’s too much to go wrong.