Jump Starting a Subaru

DeepBlueSea

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2015 cx-5 GT
Came upon a Subaru driver with a dead battery. We tried to jump his car, from my 2015 CX-5, but couldn't get enough power. Eventually an old Ford Focus came by, and we switched to his car. The Subby fired right up. Do we have weaker batteries? I'm sure the connections were good, and I tried revving the engine to no avail. We did have to link two sets of cables to reach the CX-5, but I can't believe that was the problem.
 
too much voltage drop and resistance from daisy chaining jumper cables... not enough contact through the clamps
not to mention this is very dangerous
 
How old is your battery? Original? Might want to get it tested.
 
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