Where To Put Jumper Cables On Battery. Where do you put the jumper cable on a dead car. Step 7 - Identify and Connect the Negative End of the Black Cable.

In most cases the black cable will be for the negative terminal and the contrasting color will be for the positive terminal. Subscribe for more service tip. Now your donor battery has both black and red lead.
DIY demonstration of how to attach jumper cables to a dead car battery as well as a demonstration of how to jump start a car.
The whole top of the battery blew off - shooting plastic shrapnel all over the place. I flushed my eyes out for a long time under the big sink we had. The other end of the red cable connects to the positive terminal of the good battery. Step 7 - Identify and Connect the Negative End of the Black Cable.

