Battery Application Guide - CARQUEST Auto Parts

QUICK GUIDE TO DETERMININGU1L OR U1R GROUP SIZE FLOODED BATTERIESThe best way to determine if a Lawn Mower/Garden Tractor Flooded battery is a group U1L or U1R is to lookat the positive and negative terminal orientation. With the terminal side of the battery facing you, the U1L willhave the positive terminal on the left side.+Positive ConnectionU1LU1LSBU1L12U1LHD12U1L12U1LXHD12The U1R will have the positive terminal on the right side of the battery.+Positive ConnectionU1RBU1R12U1R12U1RHD12Conversely, if you are facing the battery and the terminals are in the back, the opposite of the abovestatement would apply.U1LU1RAnother quick indicator of a U1L or a U1R is that the U1L will have square holes in the“L” shaped terminal, whereas the U1R will have round ones.REFERENCE252