The positive battery cable is red.
Most commonly there is a red cable and a black cable that conect to the battery. The red cable is the positive one. If the cables on your lawn tractor are color-coded, then the cable that connects to the battery post marked with a (+) is the positive.
Black is negative and Red is positive.
Red wire is Positive in a car battery. If they are not color coded, find which one is not connected to the chassis and this will be positive.
The post is just lead, gray color. The cable is sometimes colored red. The battery could also have a "+" symbol to mark positive.
I assume you're asking how can you tell which is positive and which is negative? The red cable is positive in the black cable is negative. But if they are not color-coded the positive battery post is slightly larger than the negative battery post. If you try to connect the negative cable to the positive post it would be a tight fit and if you connect the positive cable to the negative post it would be loose.
the red cable if there is no red cable usuallly the thicker cable is positive if that does not work look under your vehicle for the starter and fallow the thick wire back to your battery and that is you positive cable.
In most properly wired cars, a red cable goes to the positive terminal on the battery, and a black cable goes to the negative terminal. If color coding doesn't work, negative is the ground cable, positive is where your power is going.
Is the positive battery cable for a 1989 cheyenne a fused cable? Can I buy this cable at a Auto Parts Store?
Connect the Positive + battery cable to the positive + battery post first. Then connect the Negative - cable to the negative - battery post.
To jump a battery is exactly the same as you would jump start any other cars in the world. 1. Connect the jumper cable positive clamp (Red color) to the positive post of the dead battery. 2. Connect the jumper cable negative clamp (Black color) to the negative post of the dead battery. 3. Connect the other jumper cable positive clamp (Red color) to the positive post of a good battery. 4. Connect the other jumper cable negative clamp (Black color) to the negative post of a good battery. 5. Start your Mercedes. 6. Reverse the 1-4 steps when the car starts successfully. Note: Step 3, and 4 could be a good strong battery, or a battery on a running car. weijen_hsu@yahoo.com
Red cable to positive, black cable to negative.