I'm Out Of Room On My Battery Terminal Post... Options?

Thanks for the replies and the ideas.

My battery wiring uses 99% of 5/16-inch Ring Terminal wiring. I have always followed the golden rule of no more than two ring terminals mounted to a 5/16-inch stud. One ring terminal placed on the lug in one direction and the second one flipped over for the second connection.. This keeps the Ring terminal lug ends from being bent when installed.

You are most definitely flirting with battery wiring failure doing something like this photo install from google


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You will want to have a clean install arrangement of the wiring so that you can perform good observation of each connection and make sure they are not getting hot from corrosion or loose connections.

I like to use BLUE SEA HD Bus bar Terminal Studs are available from AMAZON. They also have covers for the POSITIVE terminals for protection from being shorted to ground.



Hopefully one can mount something like this off to the side somewhere so you can easily get to all of the battery connections with ease for inspections.

Just my thoughts...
Roy Ken

Flatten out a piece of copper tubing and drill a few holes in it.

SCVJeff wrote:
Can this picture be any bigger?

I hope so, I'm having trouble seeing it. :B

Can this picture be any bigger?

These work great on 5/6" x 20 threaded studs. Put some of your wires under it and the rest on the second top stud.

Amazon post bolt

Bill

http://www.wiringproducts.com/power-distribution-blocks

Or just mount a terminal block and run your connections from there.