Car Won't Start hearing clicking sounds only

Story

My wife's car wouldn't start the other day.  I suspected it was the car battery, since something similar happened to my car after not driving it for a while. All my car did with it's low battery was click, and thanks to the push-button start, I couldn't turn it off after, so the clicking continued until the battery was completely dead. My car started working with the help of road-side assistance, they brought a battery booster, and right away once they plugged it in, everything lit up on the dashboard, and when I attempted to start the car, it started.

So, the other day I was surfing Canadian Tire's website, and found a sale on the 'Eliminator' 1400 Amp car starter for around $150.  Here's the link if you are interested, though regular price is about $200:
http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/motomaster-eliminator-1400a-booster-pack-0111913p.html#srp

I ordered it online, and charged it for 40 hours like it said to do.  Today, I hooked it up to the battery, and engine block screw (Honda Civic) like it said in the manual, and right away, I tried to turn on the engine.

SIDE NOTE: Make sure to check your manual to see where to connect the black connector from the battery booster.  From the videos online it says to connect it to any unpainted part of the chassis, but every part appeared to be painted, so I didn't know where to connect it until I checked the manual.

All I heard was clicking.  I turned off the 'Battery booster', and waited a few minutes before trying again like it said in the manual.  Yet when I turned the battery booster on, and tried again, it still didn't work.  The 2nd time, I held the key on so long that smoke started coming up from the engine.  I thought I had fried the starter.  Oh no, I thought.

I came into the house, went to my computer, and did some research to see what I could find, and most people said it was either their battery, or car starter that had to be replaced.  I also watched the demo video on Canadian Tire's website on how to use the battery booster (see the product page, link above).  I saw that I did everything as they said to do it.  I pondered a while, and remembered reading about how the cigarette lighter battery boosters work, and that is that you hook them up in order to charge the battery for 15-30 minutes, unhook them, and then you try to turn on the car.

So, I went to get the battery booster again, reopened the garage door, and hooked it up. i.e. Red to red battery terminal, and black to engine block screw.  I left it connected for maybe 20 minutes.  I kept checking up on it to make sure there wasn't any smoke, or anything burning.  I was crossing my fingers that the smoke I saw earlier was not because I permanently damaged the car starter.

The moment of truth, after 20 minutes I went out to the car, and turned the key, and it started!!  Whoohoo!  I was so happy!  I quickly unhooked the battery booster, shut the hood, and drove the car out of the garage.  I kept it running for around 20-25 minutes, even drove it around on the road a bit.  It worked just fine, but strangely, some warning lights turned on due to the battery being dead before, ABS, Brake light, and power steering light.  I steered the car with ease, and was able to break hard without any problems, so I think these lights may have just came on, and stayed on due to the dead battery problem.

Solution

WARNING: Don't hold the key in the "ON" position for too long as it may cause the starter to burn out, or start smoking.  If it is clicking, then turn the key to the off position immediately.

1. If your car doesn't start after hooking up the booster battery, and turning the key, try hooking up the battery booster (turn on the battery booster once you've confirmed that the connections are correct), wait 20-25 minutes to let the battery booster charge up your dead battery, and then try turn the car "ON".

NOTE: if your battery booster has an "ON" switch, make sure that after you have the cables correctly connected to the car, that you turn the switch to the "ON" position to allow it to start charging your battery.

I hope this helps anyone out there that has encountered this problem

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