2007, daughter left dome light on and I didn't drive it for about 48 hrs. Jump packs aren't working in the front, My car is in a tight garage nose in (I'm an idiot). I've accessed the battery in the trunk so a neighbor can jump me, I'm just not sure which is the positive connection point. Please help?
+ on top, - bottom of pic positive has all the serious looking stuff, negative goes to the body behind the panel make sure you don't cross polarize the connexxions
The terminal to the left (reading from the battery), is the positive (facing the front of the car). The terminal closes to the rear end of the car is the negative.
positive to positive, negative at donor car, negative on prius. engine need not be running on on the donor car. reverse after started.
keep in mind, if the battery is bad, it may not jump. also, after starting, ypu need a good battery each time you shut it down. so you'll need to get it charged, or replace it
I know, I think it's ok because I know the cause of the drain, and still getting a tiny bit of light in the dome light.
I'd have to do some digging but it was not replaced with the hybrid battery last year, I would guess 5 years?
Negative is hard to access, can I just use the bolt on the floor of the car that the battery is harnessed into?
Since there was confusion on where the positive and negative would be, I didn't want the OP to possibly get the connections too close together. Kept the connections well apart from each other. If you're jumping from the front jump points, the strut tower bolt would be good for a ground.
