I bought a Schumacher battery charger today and while reading over the manual noticed I says "attach at least a 24 inch long 6-gauge insulated battery cable to the negative battery post. Position yourself and the free end of the cable you previously attached to the negative battery post as far away from the battery as possible then connect the negative charger clip to the free end of the cable."
I've never had a battery charger where I couldn't just hook the charger clips to the appropriate battery terminal. That's the purpose of the additional negative cable? There is only about a 10 inch gap between the negative and positive clips coming from the charger, so even with the additional cable attached to the negative post I'm not going to be able to get very far from the battery due to the positive clip limiting my distance. Why can't I just attach the negative clip to the negative terminal?
I've never had a battery charger where I couldn't just hook the charger clips to the appropriate battery terminal. That's the purpose of the additional negative cable? There is only about a 10 inch gap between the negative and positive clips coming from the charger, so even with the additional cable attached to the negative post I'm not going to be able to get very far from the battery due to the positive clip limiting my distance. Why can't I just attach the negative clip to the negative terminal?