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coppellstereo

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Posted: May 10, 2006 at 10:40 PM / IP Logged

I have this battery terminal installed:

How to jump car with battery terminal -- posted image.

If I need to jump my car, or someone else's car, how could I go about doing it? I have a standard 2 pole top mount battery.

Thanks!

Hickmanae3

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Posted: May 10, 2006 at 10:53 PM / IP Logged

Take off the plastic cap and hole the clamp to the metal. :)

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Posted: May 10, 2006 at 10:57 PM / IP Logged

scary.

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Posted: May 10, 2006 at 11:21 PM / IP Logged

I should think you would want to remove it from the post altogether. Connecting two cars together electrically can sometimes be a scary thing, especially if you have your sound system connected at the same time. Is it difficult to remove?

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coppellstereo

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Posted: May 10, 2006 at 11:46 PM / IP Logged

No, i'll just need the hex wrench, but if I disconnect the terminal it disconnects the rest of my car too ...

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Posted: May 11, 2006 at 12:55 AM / IP Logged

I would think that holding it there is risky as it may scratch that shiny block or arc a little and discolor it. That's something I've never thought of though. That's a good question. Could you keep a short run of 0 gauge, disconnect the power to your stereo and replace it with your short run of wire and connect the wire to the jumper cables? You'd just have to have that the tool for taking out the wire I guess. I would think that would be a safe way to do it. I hope that makes sense.

coppellstereo

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Posted: May 11, 2006 at 2:14 AM / IP Logged

Yeah, makes sense. Not sure it is viable though. I hadnt thought of it either, was hoping someone had some experience with it. Maybe i'll sub out a top and side mount battery soon and seperate the audio stuff from the car workings.

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Posted: May 11, 2006 at 6:47 AM / IP Logged

coppellstereo wrote:

not a bad choice, although the idea behind having a "snippet" of 0/1 Awg wire for "jumping" isnt really such a bad idea, the majority of jumper cables and wire to/from the battery is smaller than 0/1 awg so you'd not be inhibiting any current to flow.

personally i would go that route.

Good luck, Let us know what you decide. Also the side/top post battery wouldnt work in some applications, like for instance my car.

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coppellstereo

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Posted: May 11, 2006 at 12:25 PM / IP Logged

well it is so difficult to take the peice off and if it were dark it would be near impossible.

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Posted: May 11, 2006 at 2:15 PM / IP Logged

Could you do something like on the older GM cars that had the battery terminals buried under the overflow tank. They had a battery terminal stud by the front strut tower that was designed as a jumper post ?. It simply jumped down to the hard to reach terminals on the battery. It also had a formed red plastic cover over it so it was not exposed. Moroso also makes jumper posts for race cars and these too have rubber covers to cover the solid brass studs so it looks nice. They use them on race cars to connect battery chargers too easily in the pits.

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