Car Battery

Ok, well this week was not very good for me. I was sick. And Olympics are ending!!! NOOOOOO! And I'm sleepy, so here goes another blog. :|

Last week, my mom's car battery died while she was at work. Luckily for her, one of her coworkers had a pair of jumper cables which she lent to her. My mom hooked it up to her boss's car and then hers, and her boss started the engine. My mom turned her key in the ignition, and the engine started like magic. Now how does something like this work?

Well if the picture above works, you should see my dad's car and a car battery on the ground. The battery is supposed to be in the other car, but it was a little hard to take the picture. Anyway, upon starting the non-dead car, energy flows from one battery through the cables to the other battery. You attach the positive to the positive and the negative to the negative. Share the potential difference! WHOO! But yeah. After, you need to start the other car to get the engine running. Once the car is started, the running engine charges the battery.

I apologize again if any of my blogs for the next couple weeks are messed up. My computer is still acting funky. :P Alright. Have a great week everyone!