battery cables

[poolcues]

Gonna go with a remote starter solenoid from madelectrical.com http://www.madelectrical.com/catalog/st-1.shtml

My question is, anybody got any pics of a new fangled way they mounted new cables to a side post battery. getting tired of dealing with the small factory style cable ends, and was also gonna make some new battery cables in the process with "lug" ends. Think I'll basically go with some bolts and washers. Just wanted to check here first for any nifty ideas.!!

Thanks in advance

 

[76zimmer]

I think I'll go that route too, but I have a top post. I know there is an adapter that screws into the side terminal, and has a post on it for the older style cables.

 

[BUDDY]

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_211BASTC/StreetWires-BASTC-Adapter.html?tp=2681

Later,
Buddy

 

[Fordum]

One very important thing to watch out for if you go the nut, bot, and washer routine.
The side screw holes are blind.
But the back side is lead.
So, if you screw in a bolt and it bottoms out, it is very easy to keep screwing it right on through the lead bottom and into inside of the battery.
Then, it will not be long before the acid eats its way up the bolt and you find yourself stranded with a bad battery connection that looks OK from the outside.

If I do one that way, I spin a nut onto the bolt, followed by a washer. Then the wires.
Then I screw the bolt into the battery with my fingers until it bottoms out.
Back it out about a half turn, and hold it with a wrench while I tighten the nut down to press the wires against the battery lug.

J.

 

[poolcues]

One very important thing to watch out for if you go the nut, bot, and washer routine.
The side screw holes are blind.
But the back side is lead.
So, if you screw in a bolt and it bottoms out, it is very easy to keep screwing it right on through the lead bottom and into inside of the battery.
Then, it will not be long before the acid eats its way up the bolt and you find yourself stranded with a bad battery connection that looks OK from the outside.

If I do one that way, I spin a nut onto the bolt, followed by a washer. Then the wires.
Then I screw the bolt into the battery with my fingers until it bottoms out.
Back it out about a half turn, and hold it with a wrench while I tighten the nut down to press the wires against the battery lug.

J.

Good idea, something to keep in mind