Several daily newspaper are currently running scare stories about the electronics of modern cars being fried by the use of regular jumper cables. Supposedly, anti-surge protected cables will solve the problem.
I realize that the load dump that occurs at the moment of disconnecting jumper cables while the vehicles are running, may create a voltage surge internally in each car. But I cannot see how the anti-surge device on the cables between the two cars can reduce the problem.
Below is a photo of a set of cables with anti-surge 'black box' for sale at Amazon.
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