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Which wire is which on battery charger ?

jimmmy · 2009-03-13 14:33:30

Its probably a stupid question to some, but which is colour is connected to the positive terminal and which to the negative when charging a battery ? Thanks for any replies

13-03-2009 2:33pm

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jimmmy

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Its probably a stupid question to some, but which is colour is connected to the positive terminal and which to the negative when charging a battery ? Thanks for any replies

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#2 13-03-2009 2:36pm

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Red is positive, black is negative

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#3 13-03-2009 2:50pm

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Bryn wrote: »

Red is positive, black is negative

and if you get them wrong you will most likely blow a fuse in the charger, so have a spare handy (usually about 10amp)

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#4 13-03-2009 2:53pm

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Any decent charger will have an auto-cutoff, so no damage would occur. Even the cheap Lidl ones do, not that I'd have connected it backwards or anything...

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#5 13-03-2009 4:39pm

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jor el wrote: »

Any decent charger will have an auto-cutoff, so no damage would occur. Even the cheap Lidl ones do, not that I'd have connected it backwards or anything...

The lidil ones are brilliant! Have one for about 5 years and works perfectly.

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#6 13-03-2009 5:40pm

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Red wire to positive (+), Black wire to negative (-).

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#7 14-03-2009 12:53pm

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thanks

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