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how to tell which is + and which is - on a car battery?

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guapo337

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Our f-ing car's battery is dead again (Yes, the Land Rover is a piece of sh!t.) My mother and I are the only ones home, and we dont know much about cars. We do know, however, how to charge the battery, but my dad put in a new battery. Which side is positive, which side is negative?
 
Red is a pretty damn universal color for a hot wire. If you are working with any electronics and you see a black and red wire, chances are unles somebody is trying to screw with people the red will be possitive and black will be negative.
 
red = positive, black negative. if you still cant find it get some baking soda + water and clean off the battery looking for the + and -
 
But don't hook the jumper cable to the negative end of the battery if you're going to jump it with another car. It gets hooked to a piece of metal on the car somewhere. On the working car it gets hoooked to both battery poles, dead car, just the positive.
 
Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
But don't hook the jumper cable to the negative end of the battery if you're going to jump it with another car. It gets hooked to a piece of metal on the car somewhere. On the working car it gets hoooked to both battery poles, dead car, just the positive.
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I've always understood that if you connected the negative clip to the negative post instead of a ground, you would get a better charge but have a risk of blowing both batteries up.

 
Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
But don't hook the jumper cable to the negative end of the battery if you're going to jump it with another car. It gets hooked to a piece of metal on the car somewhere. On the working car it gets hoooked to both battery poles, dead car, just the positive.
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Yeah I knew that. For some reason, my mom couldnt find which one was which.

 
Yeah I knew that. For some reason, my mom couldnt find which one was which.
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This statement is self-explanatory. Don't worry; it gets worse. Someday you'll have an automotive-ignorant woman of your own to deal with.
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Then you get to explain why the $49.99 "transmission rebuild" down at Jose's Automotive Emporium is slightly inferior to the $499.99 rebuild offered by the dealer.
 
Originally posted by: guapo337
Originally posted by: NeoPTLD
For your own safety, I suggest you don't work on it if you can't figure this out.
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I never looked at it myself!
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That even strengthens my point.

Close the hood. Pick up the phone and call AAA or a local towing company who does road side assistance.
 
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