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If you want to help someone else jump start their car, you will need to have a set of jumper cables. It is also important to make sure that your own car is running properly. Before you start to hook up the jumper cables, make sure that both car engines are turned off and the cars are sitting in park.

Open up the hoods of both cars to find the battery. 

Many people are surprised to learn that both extreme cold and extreme heat are bad for car batteries. In the extreme cold, the battery's capacity decreases by up to 50 percent, but the engine needs even more amps than usual in order to get going.

Extreme heat is also bad for car batteries. Some of the electrolyte evaporates after the temperature reaches 77 degrees Fahrenheit.