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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 140879" data-attributes="member: 456"><p>Does your battery have a plus sign and a negative/minus sign built into the casing. If it does then it is easy. Connect the one marked with a minus sign to the earth of the bike. Lacking these markings you can use the multimeter. Make sure that the black and red wires are connected to their colour matched terminals on the face of the multimter and then switch to volts/DC/12v(or whatever). Then connect to the battery terminals with red to positive and black to negative. If the battery terminals are unmarked then just connect up and see what reading you get. Provided that you have the right wire into the right terminal on the meter then if you see six volts on the meter then the black wire is to the negative and the red to the positive. If you see minus six volts then the red it to the negative and so on. If all this is beyond you then find a normal dry cell battery as used in a torch, portable radio or similar and repeat the exercise. Such batteries are clear;y marked at their positive and negative ends. If all this is beyond you then find a child of ten to twelve years old and ask them to help you. Any yoiungster with an interest in modern gadgets will know what to do. Failing all this then is there a local section of the VOC within a reasonable distance? Someone there can probably help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 140879, member: 456"] Does your battery have a plus sign and a negative/minus sign built into the casing. If it does then it is easy. Connect the one marked with a minus sign to the earth of the bike. Lacking these markings you can use the multimeter. Make sure that the black and red wires are connected to their colour matched terminals on the face of the multimter and then switch to volts/DC/12v(or whatever). Then connect to the battery terminals with red to positive and black to negative. If the battery terminals are unmarked then just connect up and see what reading you get. Provided that you have the right wire into the right terminal on the meter then if you see six volts on the meter then the black wire is to the negative and the red to the positive. If you see minus six volts then the red it to the negative and so on. If all this is beyond you then find a normal dry cell battery as used in a torch, portable radio or similar and repeat the exercise. Such batteries are clear;y marked at their positive and negative ends. If all this is beyond you then find a child of ten to twelve years old and ask them to help you. Any yoiungster with an interest in modern gadgets will know what to do. Failing all this then is there a local section of the VOC within a reasonable distance? Someone there can probably help. [/QUOTE]
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