# Battery

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery/50216>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 12, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery/50216 "2010-06-12T15:18:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Sackett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Sackett](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sackett)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery/50216/1 "2010-06-12T15:18:01Z")

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What is the proper procedure to charge or jump a low battery with a POSITIVE GROUND?  
  
  
  
 Thank you.

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**Author:** ![jayhawkroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jayhawkroy/32/33_2.png) [@jayhawkroy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jayhawkroy)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery/50216/2 "2010-06-12T16:24:01Z")

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Courtesy of Snap On Tools:

Positive Ground  
? Connect negative charger cable clamp?black?to negative  
battery terminal.  
? Connect positive charger cable clamp?red?to vehicle  
chassis, heavy gauge metal part of frame, or engine block  
away from battery.  
 Do not connect the ground clamp to the carburetor, fuel  
line or body sheet metal.