04 Rocko Taco
06-22-2009, 10:35 PM
Just a basic tip for swapping or upgrading your battery terminals to make life easier and clean up some of the wiring issues I've seen on the trail.
As some of you know, I was a casualty of the aforementioned wiring issues about a year ago and started a very small under the hood fire, neccesitating the creation of some new battery cables. My battery cables are now AWG 4 (primaries - starter and engine ground) and AWG 6 (secondaries - fuse box, and chassis ground).
After some wrestling with my old battery terminals this morning, I was determined to make this an easier process. I headed off to the store and picked up a set of brass Marine Terminals. They consist of a wrap around style battery terminal with a small post (M8 or smaller) at the rear of the terminal with a wing nut on it.
You simply install the terminals onto your battery posts, and attach some ring or spade connecters to your battery cables and slip them over the posts, and tighten down the wingnuts.
It really cleaned up some of the wiring under the hood of my rig, and should help keep it that way, and make my life easier going forward. They are really simple for quick disconnecting, and for adding anything new.
To go one step further, I put some heat shrink on all the connections with the new ring terminals on the cables, and the positive cables have a red vinyl wrap at the cable ends to prevent any slipups on reconnection.
Just thought I would share.
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k112/04RockoTaco/Tracy/DSCF2110.jpg
As some of you know, I was a casualty of the aforementioned wiring issues about a year ago and started a very small under the hood fire, neccesitating the creation of some new battery cables. My battery cables are now AWG 4 (primaries - starter and engine ground) and AWG 6 (secondaries - fuse box, and chassis ground).
After some wrestling with my old battery terminals this morning, I was determined to make this an easier process. I headed off to the store and picked up a set of brass Marine Terminals. They consist of a wrap around style battery terminal with a small post (M8 or smaller) at the rear of the terminal with a wing nut on it.
You simply install the terminals onto your battery posts, and attach some ring or spade connecters to your battery cables and slip them over the posts, and tighten down the wingnuts.
It really cleaned up some of the wiring under the hood of my rig, and should help keep it that way, and make my life easier going forward. They are really simple for quick disconnecting, and for adding anything new.
To go one step further, I put some heat shrink on all the connections with the new ring terminals on the cables, and the positive cables have a red vinyl wrap at the cable ends to prevent any slipups on reconnection.
Just thought I would share.
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k112/04RockoTaco/Tracy/DSCF2110.jpg