Were is negative. Battery post - 2005 Chevrolet Equinox

no
batteries have just the 2 posts
1 is positive and 1 is negative
connect one lead onto the positive post of the jumper car to the flat battery positive post
then connect the other lead to the negative post of the jumper battery of the jumper car then connect that lead end to the engine ( any bolt will do) do not connect to the flat battery negative post

Good question, because connecting it the wrong way can damage the starter, the battery, or both! The red cable connector clamps to the positive terminal, and the black cable clamps to the negative terminal. On a new battery, it is often easy to tell which is positive by their markings (+) = positive and (-) is negative. In reality, the markings may be difficult to see. The red or positive post is larger in diameter. The black or negative post is a ground so you can follow it from the post to somewhere solid on the metal frame of the car.

Note the cross on the top of the battery post.

According to In.answers.yahoo.com :

"...the battery case will have a + near the positive or a - near the negative terminal. If these don't exist then the positive post will have a larger diameter post than the ground post, this is if the battery is a top post.



If it's a side terminal battery which GM cars used for a while it should be marked on the top of the battery or on the front with its respective sign. Otherwise you can look at the cable that's connected to it which are usually color coded. Red is positive and black is negative."

replace the negative terminal

are you serious????

+ POSITIVE IS THE RED BATTERY CABLE - BLACK CABLE IS THE BATTERY NEGATIVE GROUND CABLE.

Are you sure you were touching the negative post and not the positive post. If you checked the positive post and the other wire to body chassis then you should get the reading you say here. Negative to negative is negative and you should have had no reading at all. Please do this test again being absolutly posative your touching the negative post. There will be a - sign on the battery under that post. Get back to me after the double check, Raz

Hello. Yes. the black wire is the ground wire. It goes from the frame to the negative post of the battery. The red wire is the hot wire and it goes to the positive post.

IF YOU UNHOOK THE NEGATIVE CLAMP FROM THE BATTERY AND YOU STILL GET A READING FROM NEGATIVE POST ON THE BATTERY TO THE FRAME YOUR METER IS COMPLETING THE 12 VOLT CIRCUIT AND THAT IS WHY YOUR READING 12 VOLTS ON YOUR METER. SOME BATTERY CABLES HAVE A SECOND GROUND FROM THE CABLE TO THE FRAME BUT IS CONNECTED AT THE BATTERY POST SUCH AS A FUSEABLE LINK WHEN YOU DISCONNECT THE CABLE YOU DISCONNECT THE GROUND. IF YOU HAD A SHORT AND READ 12 VOLTS THRU THE GROUND YOU WOULD DEFINETLY SEE SMOKE

Place the negative cable on the frame of the car to ground it. It's best to do this even when there is a negative post present to protect the car and the alternator.