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Positive is usually indicated by the color red or by a "+" symbol. Negative is indicated by black or by a "-" symbol.
Positive is either red or has a "+" symbol.
There is no standard for locating the positive or negative posts on a battery. You must look fot the " + " symbol on the battery. The positive post is slightly larger than the negative post.
The negative wire is the one with this symbol on the battery. (-) Positive is (+)
The positive side of a car battery is red - look for red plastic cap or the "+" symbol on the plastic next to it. Also the positive post is slightly larger than the negative post.
A device that provides both mechanical support for and electrical contacts to a battery. In general there is no schematic circuit symbol for a battery holder, as the symbol for a battery tends to imply a battery holder is also present.
The positive symbol is typically represented by a plus sign (+), indicating addition or affirmation. The negative symbol is usually represented by a minus sign (-), indicating subtraction or negation.
Note: When interconnecting A200 batteries (cells), they must be identical in voltage and amp rating! Batteries may be connected in series. The positive terminal of the first battery is connected to the negative terminal of the second battery; the positive terminal of the second is connected to the negative of the third, and so on. The voltage of the assembled battery is the sum of the individual batteries. The batteries are connected: + to - to + to - to + to -, etc. The capacity of the battery is unchanged. Batteries may also be connected in parallel. The positive terminal of the first battery is connected to the positive terminal of the second battery, the positive terminal of the second is connected to the positive of the third; the negative terminal of the first battery is connected to the negative terminal of the second battery, the negative terminal of the second is connected to the negative of the third and so on. The batteries are connected: + to + to + and - to - to -. In this configuration, the capacity is the sum of the individual batteries and voltage is unchanged.
Answer 1 - Automotive Battery Terminal Polarity DeterminationDepending on the brand and model of battery, there could be one or more ways to determine polarity of the terminals. Some batteries may have only one identifier method, while another battery may have a different identification method, and some batteries may 2 or more symbols embossed into/onto the battery top next to each of the terminals. Here are the battery terminal identifiers I have seen over many years:A plus symbol [+] embossed into the battery top next to the positive terminal,A negative symbol [-] embossed into the battery top next to the negative terminal,An abbreviation [POS] for the word positive embossed into the battery top next to the positive terminal,An abbreviation [NEG] for the word negative embossed into the battery top next to the negative terminal.And on some batteries, although they MAY look the same, the diameter of the positive and negative terminals will be different, with the positive terminal being just barely / slightly larger in diameter than the negative terminal.A DC voltmeter can be used to determine terminal polarity.Answer 2 - Battery Cable Polarity DeterminationOn some cars a red cable denotes positive or the terminal has + or pos stamped into it. If you are presented with two cables of the same colour, the one connected directly to the car body is usually the negative cable, and the cable that goes to the fuses is the positive. BEWARE vehicles manufactured before 1970 may have reversed polarity, with the positive cable going to the body and the negative going to the fuses.
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because batteries works on the principle of electron charge and an electron can have either a more positive or negative charge but the electron wants to have an equal amount of pos. and neg. charge so when batteries are simply they pull the positive charge to one side and negative to the other side and when they come together with a conductor(wire) it creates a current which does the "work" for you. The voltage of the battery pretty much lets you know how strongly the battery wants to create equality between each side thus more current.
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