jump starting a car

[phil on a fazer]

Walked into one of the offices at work today to be greeted by three woman asking me how to jump start a car (its because 1 of the had a flat battery last week).

So...i told them.

They then showed me some sites that they were looking at and asked why they show the jump leads being connected in different orders.

im pretty sure they were looking at these sites, (they all show a different connection order!!)

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/store...eId=851420

http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/bre...leads.html

http://www.wikihow.com/Jump-Start-a-Car

this got me thinking........i've always done it the halfords way. (strating with "+" on the flat battery). ive always let the batteries settle before starting the donar car (and letting it idle).....but am i right????? its always worked