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some accessories draw juice all the time, but most of those will be minimal and of no consequence. Generally, if you find a hot terminal on your battery when you try to connect, it indicates that you have a short somewhere.
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Why would the earth terminal get hot when the car is off?
This depends what Earth Terminal you mean The one on the top of the battery, You may have a bad battery. Disconect it and come back in 24 hours and see if it is dead. Not dead means that there is a short in the electrical system and this terminal needs cleaning. If the battery is dead the battery is bad, replace it. If this is another terminal and gets hot and stays hot it means there is a large draw on the system and this terminal is dirty and requires cleaning. The hot terminal is allways the highest resistance in the system. Good Luck
Could a bad key switch cause the positive battery terminal to get hot?
No, the battery terminal should be able to handle as much electrical current as the vehicle should ever use, WITHOUT heating up. Clean or replace any battery terminal that is getting hot.
What is a positive terminal on a battery?
There are 2 battery terminals. A positive or hot and a negative or ground. The positive is slightly larger than the negative.
How do you replace battery terminal on a 1999 Mercury Sable?
A battery terminal or a battery CABLE terminal. If the terminal is gone or destroyed on the battery, you need a new battery. If the cable terminal is terminal, you can buy an after market replacement or a complete new cable with terminal at most any auto parts store.
What does the negative terminal of a battery have?
The negative terminal of a battery has a - sign and positive terminal has a + sign.
How do you change a battery on a Honda pacific coast?
Lift the seat up all the way and on the right hand side you will see the battery. You will need a battery charger with relatively small clamps. Pull the red plastic cover back from the hot terminal and connect the hot clamp from the battery charger. Then connect the ground clamp to the ground terminal on the battery. Be sure to set your battery charger on 12 volts
Positive car battery terminal gets too hot to touch is that normal?
No, Remove the terminal and clean with wirebrush until both the clamp and battery post are shiny.Re-install.The heating problem should be eliminated.
How do I hook tWO six volt batteries together to get 12volts?
Connect them in series. With the 2 batteries sitting side by side just connect the negative terminal (-) on battery # 1 to the positive terminal (+) of battery # 2. Now connect the red hot cable to the positive terminal of battery # 1. Then connect the negative black cable to battery #2. You will have 12 volts but the amperage of only 1 battery.
How do you connect a 24 volt charger to two 12 volt batteries?
You connect the batteries in series Red charger lead to one red battery terminal, then the black battery terminal of that battery to the red battery terminal of the second battery. Then black battery terminal of the second battery to the black lead of the charger.
Can you short out a battery by replacing a starter?
yes if you dont remove the positive terminal off the battery before unistalling the starter or installing it the lead going to the starter will be hot.
What is the end of a battery called?
The top of a battery is called a carbon rod, which is on the positive terminal.
What wire is positive when changing the speakers in a 2002 Saturn Vue?
Just use an old small battery lying around.With 2 wires,connect to speaker terminals.Now TOUCH Breify the other ends of the wires to that little battery. But watch the speaker.If you have hot on hot the speaker cone will push outward. If you have hot wire on negative speaker terminal the speaker cone will want to suck in. Sometimes the speaker will have one big terminal and a small terminal.The larger terminal is the hot side of the speaker.
