How To Put Cables On Car Battery. Carefully remove the negative cable and then the positive cable from both cars or just the one if youre using a jump starter. Start the working car and let it idle for a minute.
When reconnecting the battery start with the positive red cable. A faulty cable can make it difficult for you to start your vehicle cause your car to run poorly or stall in the middle of a long trip. Attach one red clip of your jumper cables to the positive terminal of the car with the working battery.
Do not lift or handle the battery by its terminals.
To hook up jumper cables you typically need two cars. First you should remove the car battery cables from the terminals. Attach one red clip of your jumper cables to the positive terminal of the car with the working battery. A battery cable can break or become corrodedor the terminal end can go bad.
