The positive cable is red.
Black battery cable positive or negative.
It attaches to the battery terminal post marked with a plus sign the letter p or the word pos.
The two should never be confused and you may wish to mark the handles of each cable with a or sign.
The jumper cables are colored black and red with each end having alligator clips made of copper that attach the leads of each car s battery.
That s why you should always look for the plus and minus signs stamped into the battery case.
Identify the black positive wire on a ceiling light fixture.
Connect the positive end first.
But as was mentioned the positive cable may also appear to be black.
The red one is positive the black one is negative.
The negative cable is black.
There are also positive and negative cables in the jumper cable set.
Attach the negative cable last.
Recognize that the black wire is the positive one the white wire is the negative one and the green wire is the ground.
Attach the red positive cable to the red positive battery post and tighten with a wrench.
The black cable is the negative part and the red cable is the positive part.
When you re hanging a chandelier or any other ceiling light first find the 3 wires coming out of the hole in the ceiling where the light will go.
Do the same on the black negative side.
The negative battery cable is almost always black in color.
Never connect the red cable to the negative battery terminal or a vehicle with a dead battery.