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battery terminals
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:53 am
by alanlad
Hi
My battery terminals are the at the front, they are so close to the retaining bar and it concerns me.
Apart from a new battery is there a simple answer
Thank you
Re: battery terminals
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:05 am
by bmcecosse
Turn the battery round...... Just move the earth connection, but of course you may need to fit a longer cable to the solenoid.
Re: battery terminals
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:16 am
by mogbob
A thin strip of rubber matting ( or DPC damp proof course... building material from the local builders skip ) is another substitute.
Put it under the right angled retaining bar, on top of the battery edge, with sufficient "over lap " between it and the terminals.
Replace the existing battery with the correct type when it has had it's day.You may or may not need to replace the main battery leads at that time as indicated in Roy's post.
Bob
Re: battery terminals
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 11:24 am
by mike.perry
Change the car polarity and turn the battery around
Re: battery terminals
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 1:53 pm
by bmcecosse
Indeed! If the car is +ve earth, this would be a good time to change it - and then no new cables required. Although...the +ve and -ve terminal posts are different size, so it will depend if the terminals can be taken off the cables and swapped over.......
Re: battery terminals
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:19 pm
by dalebrignall
ive put duck tape over the bracket works for me
Re: battery terminals
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:48 pm
by bmcecosse
No sure if duct tape is thick enough to ENSURE no contact. You need to think about an emergency stop situation... Good thick rubber strip would be fine.
Re: battery terminals
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 7:43 pm
by alanlad
hI
Thank you for your reply , busy this weekend but will have a play with your ideas next week.
Alan