N80
Super Member
My mother has a little Ford Ranger that sits in her garage and gets driven maybe once every three or four months. The battery, which is only a year old, is often dead. I can jump it and drive it a bit and get it charged back up but then a few months later and its dead again.
So I bought this little 1.5 amp trickle charger that stays attached under the hood. So all my mom has to do is unplug a regular three prong plug from an extension cord and go.
Schumacher Onboard Battery Maintainer — 12 Volt, 1.5 Amp, Model# SE-1-125 | Battery Maintainers | Northern Tool + Equipment
The problem is that the instructions say that you connect the positive wire to the positive battery terminal and the negative wire to metal on the chassis or engine. Well, I can't find anything to hook it too that isn't painted or plastic. It is hard enough when jumping it to find something to hook the jumper cable to and even that is scary close to the fan belt.
I'm an idiot when it comes to electricity, so I'm just wondering what is the risk of hooking that negative lead to the negative battery terminal and not the chassis? If it is serious I'm just going to have to buy some additional wire to try to run that lead all the way down to the frame or something.
So I bought this little 1.5 amp trickle charger that stays attached under the hood. So all my mom has to do is unplug a regular three prong plug from an extension cord and go.
Schumacher Onboard Battery Maintainer — 12 Volt, 1.5 Amp, Model# SE-1-125 | Battery Maintainers | Northern Tool + Equipment
The problem is that the instructions say that you connect the positive wire to the positive battery terminal and the negative wire to metal on the chassis or engine. Well, I can't find anything to hook it too that isn't painted or plastic. It is hard enough when jumping it to find something to hook the jumper cable to and even that is scary close to the fan belt.
I'm an idiot when it comes to electricity, so I'm just wondering what is the risk of hooking that negative lead to the negative battery terminal and not the chassis? If it is serious I'm just going to have to buy some additional wire to try to run that lead all the way down to the frame or something.