its very hard to find the red mark on the car battery. It does not even say Positive or negative. Its no visible anywere on there. Can you please tell me how to find it ? Thank you
2007-12-23 08:25:00 · 7 answers · asked by Thallasa35 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
All batteries are marked, but sometimes it is hard to see the markings. Look closely on top of the battery near the terminals to see a + and - that tells you which is which. It may be stamped or molded into the plastic.
On a top post battery, the negative (-) terminal is slightly smaller than the positive (+). but with the wires connected it is hard to tell! You could also trace the wires, the positive will go to a power block or solenoid and the negative will go to ground!
2007-12-23 08:35:30 · answer #1 · answered by fire4511 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
When asking car 'questions' is is best to give the make model year and engine size. There should be + or a - by the battery posts. The larger post is the positive and the smaller one the negative. The red wire goes to the positive and the black wire goes to the negative. Good luck
2007-12-23 08:33:43 · answer #2 · answered by jack w 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The smaller of the two posts is negative.
It will have a short wire that hooks up to the frame, engine and/or other body parts.
The larger positive post has a long heavy wire that goes directly to the starter.
Some batteries have a + for positive and a - for negative.
Hope this helps.
2007-12-23 08:35:46 · answer #3 · answered by Bert from Brandon 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The positive is not bigger, they are the same size. Look for a + on the battery, that is the positive.
2007-12-23 08:33:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
its the cable that goes to the starter or to a fender mounted solenoid.the ground or (black) cable will connect to the engine directly.follow them both and see where one or the other goes then mark it with something red like,paint,finger nail polish or ? ?
2007-12-23 08:32:49 · answer #5 · answered by Tommy 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
the pos post will be the bigger of the two post on the battery
2007-12-23 08:31:31 · answer #6 · answered by james r 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
THE LARGEST POST IS POSITIVE SIDE POST MARKED ON SIDE WERE CABLES GO IT WOULD HELP ?CAR MAKE
2007-12-23 08:32:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋