To my knowledge, battery terminals themselves are not colored, OTHER THAN the color of the metal of which they are made. Occasionally, some terminals are plated with something like coppor or brass to reduce the occurance of corrosion, and then the color of the terminal would be the color of the plating matal. Generally, the battery wires, and sometimes the terminal CLAMPS, are color coded. Usually, RED is used to indicate a Positive conductor, and BLACK is used to indicate the NEGATIVE conductor.
your an idiot. what color is the negative wire for everything. BLACK!!!AnswerI think it is the Red one. Red is the color code for the positive terminal (also for your battery tender). Black or green indicates the negative terminal..
Positive is either red or has a "+" symbol.
Normally the positive terminal will be red and the negative will be black. But if they are not color coded, just follow the cable from the battery posts. The one that connects to the engine block or to the automobile frame or chassis is the negative terminal.
The red terminal on a car battery is the positive terminal which feeds electrical current to various devices. The black terminal is the negative, or ground, terminal which is attached to the car frame.
The negative terminal of a battery has a - sign and positive terminal has a + sign.
When jump starting a car, it is recommended to use red for the positive terminal and black for the negative terminal.
Look for a + by the positive terminal and a - by the negative terminal, or red for positive, black for negative. Some batteries have the positive terminal protruding and the negative terminal flat. Or you can get a meter that will tell you which is which,
Electrons have a negative charge. For that reason, electrons will always flow in the opposite direction of the current, which flows from positive to negative. Electrons will therefore move from a negative terminal to a positive terminal when we look at the load on a cell. Within the cell, the electrons will flow from the positive terminal to the negative terminal.
The negative terminal does not go to the starter on a negative ground system. The negative terminal goes to ground.
To my knowledge, battery terminals themselves are not colored, OTHER THAN the color of the metal of which they are made. Occasionally, some terminals are plated with something like coppor or brass to reduce the occurance of corrosion, and then the color of the terminal would be the color of the plating matal. Generally, the battery wires, and sometimes the terminal CLAMPS, are color coded. Usually, RED is used to indicate a Positive conductor, and BLACK is used to indicate the NEGATIVE conductor.
To my knowledge, battery terminals themselves are not colored, OTHER THAN the color of the metal of which they are made. Occasionally, some terminals are plated with something like coppor or brass to reduce the occurance of corrosion, and then the color of the terminal would be the color of the plating matal. Generally, the battery wires, and sometimes the terminal CLAMPS, are color coded. Usually, RED is used to indicate a Positive conductor, and BLACK is used to indicate the NEGATIVE conductor.
The electrode connected to the negative terminal of a cell is called the cathode.