Broken Stud Terminal- Secure Your Batteries
Thought I would put this problem in general rv as this has more to do with the problems when batteries bang around.
I have 4 (6V)batteries that are housed in a battery box that sits in the basement under the dinette. There is room on 2 sides of the box when batteries are snug on other two sides.
Used what I thought was ample materials to keep batteries from moving on rough roads. The terminals have a combination of an automotive post and a stud terminal. Very stiff cables are attached to the stud terminals joining the batteries so they are wired for standard 12V application.
After a trip last spring, was checking the battery cables and found one of the stud terminals discolored. Because of the movement of the batteries during rough, washboard and pot holed roads, batteries had moved around enough to put pressure on the cables which in turn broke the lead which the terminal bolt is incased in.
I have since made sure that the batteries are now solid and have put steel connectors onto the posts and then connected them to the cables giving them a much stronger connection.
Only one of the terminal studs was broken but they are only a bolt that is encased in relatively weak lead. When we turned on the micro, that probably is when the broken connection wire got hot.
Has anyone else had this issue?
Dave
I have 4 (6V)batteries that are housed in a battery box that sits in the basement under the dinette. There is room on 2 sides of the box when batteries are snug on other two sides.
Used what I thought was ample materials to keep batteries from moving on rough roads. The terminals have a combination of an automotive post and a stud terminal. Very stiff cables are attached to the stud terminals joining the batteries so they are wired for standard 12V application.
After a trip last spring, was checking the battery cables and found one of the stud terminals discolored. Because of the movement of the batteries during rough, washboard and pot holed roads, batteries had moved around enough to put pressure on the cables which in turn broke the lead which the terminal bolt is incased in.
I have since made sure that the batteries are now solid and have put steel connectors onto the posts and then connected them to the cables giving them a much stronger connection.
Only one of the terminal studs was broken but they are only a bolt that is encased in relatively weak lead. When we turned on the micro, that probably is when the broken connection wire got hot.
Has anyone else had this issue?
Dave
