And the wire on those crocodile clips is sufficiently skinny that should
the other end of the clip accidentally short to frame, the wire will act
as a fuse and make a really bad smell.

On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 12:45 -0400, David Beierl 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