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Question: When charging a 6 volt positive ground battery, do I reverse the leads IE red to negative terminal and black to positive terminal?
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NO, the battery is the same no matter what voltage or the cars ground. Connect your 6VDC charger as normal, red lead to the positive terminal, black lead to the negative terminal. Ground is ground no matter if it's positive or negative, don't let the positive ground chassis confuse you. Your chassis is +ground meaning that the +battery terminal goes to the chassis and/or engine, the - terminal is the feed side which goes to all components, just the opposite of most cars. Most people think of that the + is the hot side of the battery and the - is the ground (return) earth side. Click on attachment.Question: When charging a 6 volt positive ground battery, do I reverse the leads IE red to negative terminal and black to positive terminal?
No, you may get lots of sparks and could burn up the battery charger and/or ruin the battery.Question: When charging a 6 volt positive ground battery, do I reverse the leads IE red to negative terminal and black to positive terminal?
No! Definitely not! Reversing the leads could cause your battery to blow up. Always put the red lead from any charger to the positive terminal on the battery, and, of course, the black lead to the negative terminal.Question: When charging a 6 volt positive ground battery, do I reverse the leads IE red to negative terminal and black to positive terminal?
Makes all the sense in the world to me. Thank You.No! Definitely not! Reversing the leads could cause your battery to blow up. Always put the red lead from any charger to the positive terminal on the battery, and, of course, the black lead to the negative terminal.