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Questions tagged [battery-cable]

A heavy gauge metal conductor attached at battery posts. Red is positive, black is negative.

A heavy gauge metal conductor attached at battery posts. Red colored insulation is positively charged. Black colored insulation represents negative or ground.

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what is the process for replacing 12V car battery?

What is the process for replacing the 12V battery? How would I clean the contacts of the terminals? My OEM battery in 2008 Jetta SE 2.5L appears rather clean, including the terminals, but I recall that my older second-hand car had huge deposits on…
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Reinstalling battery, cant figure out where this cable goes?

I've reinstalled a battery in a bike that was sitting in storage. After installing the battery, the bike won't start. The fuel injection thing does not display its power light indicator. There was this loose cable under the seat. I don't see any…
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Installing a battery in a carbureted motorcycle with ABS

I've got a 2005 Honda CBF600SA carbureted four-stroke motorcycle with four cylinders and ABS. I need to re-connect the battery but don't remember exactly how the cables were configured; which cables go where, and in which "order" do I attach them…
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Technique to test an alternator - fact or fiction?

A friend explained that the following is a simple way to test an alternator to see if it is working: Turn on the vehicle. While it is running, carefully remove one of the 12V battery leads. See if the vehicle continues to run. If the vehicle keeps…
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What's this loose wire near the battery of 2001 Toyota Highlander?

I have a 2001 Toyota Highlander which won't start. I also was unable to jump it. When I was looking around under the hood, I noticed that there was a black cable with an exposed end floating near the positive terminal of the battery. The positive…
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Should I replace the battery terminal clamp if some material is missing?

I recently had my battery fail on me and need to get a new one. While I was removing the battery terminal clamps I noticed there was a lot of corrosion. After I cleaned off the corrosion, I also noticed that one of the rings of the battery terminal…
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Car battery ground appears to have severed, is it safe to jump?

I tried to start my car today but after a few splutters, the ignition quit (i.e. turning it does nothing now). The inside lights / brake lights don't go on anymore, so I assume the battery's dead. But when I opened the hood, I saw this: Normally my…
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Damaged battery cable repair

I noticed an insulating tape on a cable coming from the battery on my used car I bought recently and opened it up to find this: Is there a hazard to the cable or components if I keep the cable like this and tape over it again? If I should repair…
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Applying Silicone Grease to Battery Lugs and Cable Before Shrink tubing?

I've habitually applied some 'liquid tape' then some spray-on silicone grease after connecting battery terminals. This seems to work within a flooded-leaded batteries life cycle providing you can keep the batteries out of inclimate weather. Short…
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When jump starting a car, can I attach the negative cable for the car with the dead battery on its body?

I have seen a few videos saying that there is a risk of getting an explosion because of hydrogen igniting if you attach the negative cable to the negative terminal on the car with the dead battery. And they say that you should find a good ground…
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How to correctly select a line clamp?

I'm relocating a battery in my son's Impreza (from the front to the back). I have to run the positive battery cable from the rear up to the front in order to power the electrics which need to be powered. To run the new cable, I want to use line…
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Electrical issue 1997 Jetta 2.0

I just bought a 1997 Jetta 2.0 and had to replace the heater core. As you may know, you need to take off the entire dash and unplug everything in order to get to the heater core. So I replaced the heater core, start to plug everything back in and…
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Need advice for changing battery terminals

Hey so I have a 2000 toyota corolla 4A-FE manual, its had connection problems in the past so got a new battery and it didn't start one morning so I tightened the terminals (and put fuel in it) and its been fine after that. But since there looks like…
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Broken Ring Terminal on Positive Cable

Today I broke a ring terminal to one of the smaller positive cable when I dropped a new battery in the place of a dead battery. There were a lot of corrosion at the battery terminals, and there’s rust everywhere under the hood. I don’t have the…
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Correct gauge of wire for earth/ground

One of my ground cables, which links the battery to the gearbox has snapped. I used a caliper to measure the diameter of the wire, and it is approximately 6mm in diameter (so i calculated this to be approx 28mm² surface area). I can only source…
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