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Connect the positive + cable first and negative - last. When disconnecting them disconnect the negative - first and positive + last.
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If you put a new battery in your car does it matter which terminal gets hooked up first?
Hook up the positive first and the negative last. Unhook negatives first when removing.
What battery wire to you hook up first in a car battery?
Hook positive up first, negative last.
How do you reset the check engine lite on a ford focus?
Try dissconnecting your neg. battery terminal and waiting a couple of minutes. Then hook it back up and see what happens. Try dissconnecting your neg. battery terminal and waiting a couple of minutes. Then hook it back up and see what happens. Try dissconnecting your neg. battery terminal and waiting a couple of minutes. Then hook it back up and see what happens.
Do you need to hook up both battery terminals to a potato or just the positive?
Why would u hook up any terminal to a potato
When you hook up the battery terminals you hear a click from the fuse box and then the car might or might not start?
You've probably blown a relay. When you reconnect a battery, you connect the positive terminal first.
How do you hook up a dc amp meter?
You disconnect your negative (-) battery terminal and connect one of the meter's probes to the (-) battery cable and the other terminal to the (-) battery post. Set your multimeter to mA/A and select DC.
How do you hook up a remote starter switch?
If you can get to the starter, you hook up one side of the switch to the terminal that goes to the battery and the other side of the switch to the small terminal marked with and "S". "S" is for starter. The other small terminal you leave alone. Applying power to this terminal will damage the starter.
Installed alternator and went to hook up battery and got sparks from negative terminal and alternator?
wires are crossed or you have a short in the wiring from the alternator to the battery.
Where do jumper cables hook up to on the 96 Aurora?
Positive is connected to the positive terminal on the battery and negative is connected to a ground point on the engine away form the battery. Under the Hood, on the passengers side, is a positive terminal with a red plastic cover. Put your ground on a metal part of the engine. No need to pull up the back seat to hook to the battery.
How do you hook up 12 volt car battery?
Always hook red up first, black last. Unhook black first, red last.
How do you remove the battery on a 1999 Ford Escort ZX2?
Disconnect the negative terminal first. Then disconnect the positive terminal. Pull the ends straight up. Unbolt the top of the battery frame and lift up the cover on the battery.
How do you hook up a switch to a light using a marine battery?
Hey. Same as any battery. Connect the Negative terminal straight to the Negative on the light (if needed), Normally the outer rim of the globe. Connect the positive terminal to the switch, then from the other plug on the switch to the positive terminal to the light. Done.
