Using Jump Starter To Open Frunk

[piper6909]

Originally Posted by Pdwight

Simple, connected the negative clip to door pillar catch....positive on a Phillips screwdriver ...touch tip of Phillips to center of lighter receptacle and you can open frunk

Just make sure you don't touch the sides of the lighter receptacle. Wouldn't the safer choice be to pull the little red tab in the fuse panel and connect the positive to it? That's what it was designed for.

[Pdwight]

Originally Posted by piper6909

Just make sure you don't touch the sides of the lighter receptacle. Wouldn't the safer choice be to pull the little red tab in the fuse panel and connect the positive to it? That's what it was designed for.

Mine did not work, so I used the lighter outlet. A simple length of electrical tape will greatly reduce the danger of a short.

[piper6909]

Originally Posted by Pdwight

Mine did not work, so I used the lighter outlet. A simple length of electrical tape will greatly reduce the danger of a short.

I wonder why it didn't work. I'm glad you had a back-up solution, though.

[Pdwight]

Originally Posted by piper6909

I wonder why it didn't work. I'm glad you had a back-up solution, though.

I only connected long enough to open frunk, I would not try to charge or jump from this method....in fact after I did this I made up a cable just for this emergency using an old cigarette lighter plug and cord. I used red heat shrink on the positive wire and made it 6 inches longer to avoid a short if used again.