I would not like a wire connected to that battery + post on the starter.  It
has access to enormous unfused amount of current.  Something bad happens and
it gets grounded, that could get real exciting back there.  David's idea or
some other way to temporarily access 12+ at the alternator and only when you
need it seems  a lot safer.
Edward

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:45 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>wrote:

> At 12:02 PM 6/22/2011, John Rodgers wrote:
>
>> One lead would go to the battery post on the starter, and the other lead
>> would attach to either one of the two male connectors on the back of the
>> solenoid. Is that correct??
>>
>
> I just have a Radio Shack crocodile-clip lead with one end on the
> starter connector as above and the other dangling from a vacuum hose
> near the alternator.  The boot covers the exposed end of the clip -
> to start I just lift the clip up and press it onto the alternator B+
> stud.  Low mass, low price, always available, no button to
> accidentally press.  And another five or six clip leads in the
> package.  NB - they have three sizes of clip leads, all useful and
> reasonably well made, in packs of several.  The crocodile clip kind
> is the largest one.
>
> Yours,
> David
>