Battery Connection challenge
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Battery Connection challenge
I'm trying to run an accessory to my driver side battery. Both posts have plastic cleats that hold the battery connector on with a little bolt, the Negative wire has a screw post that looks like it would conduct, but no bolt on it. The Positive wire has nothing that I can connect a wire to. Does anyone have any advice on how I can solve for this. The auto parts store also scratched their head on this one, and suggested I take it to a truck shop.
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That is what the wire harness has. The challenge is it's a 1/4" or 3/8" ring. Not the 5/8" that the battery posts have.
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You can attach the ring clamp right under the screw that tightens the battery clamp down to the post. The passenger side battery is the primary battery and preferred battery for attaching accessories to, but smaller loads would probably be fine on the secondary battery. My snow plow is connected this way.
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The factory clamps are quite adequate...when tightened, they actually "cut" into the lead terminals of the battery slightly, resulting in a very good connection. Maximum current is able to be conducted through the factory terminals. Disker, your setup looks very nice though!
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I might just put a ring terminal under the clamp nut.
I ended up drilling a hole in the clamp & putting in a bolt like the ground side has.
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