Battery cable question

[Mister-B]

My battery died today. Had it tested, and it is bad, so I bought a new one. I noticed the battery terminals were a little corroded and banged up, so I bought new cables that have the terminals attached. Here's my question.... Both cables have that extra little smaller cable with the crimp at the end, but the original cables only had one of those. Should I just cut the smaller cable off the other side that doesn't need it?

I bought two if these:


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[gotchamel]

Leave it on,you may need an extra ground for something in the future.

[Mister-B]

Originally Posted by gotchamel

Leave it on,you may need an extra ground for something in the future.

Can I ground to both the negative AND the positive cables though?
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[Andy4639]

Originally Posted by Mister-B

Can I ground to both the negative AND the positive cables though?
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U never ground to a positive cable. The small connections are for accessaries are things that u need wired straight off the battery.
The cables u bought u need to make sure it will work on the + terminal of the battery also. Some are bigger than the - terminal so the cable end may not work.

[Mister-B]

Originally Posted by Andy4639

U never ground to a positive cable. The small connections are for accessaries are things that u need wired straight off the battery.
The cables u bought u need to make sure it will work on the + terminal of the battery also. Some are bigger than the - terminal so the cable end may not work.

Thanks. Yeah, I didn't think you could ground to a positive.

They didn't sell specific positive and negative cables, so I'm hoping these fit
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