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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Orange County
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Electrical Question (Paging Jim Day)
![]() ![]() ![]() They are nuts and bolts connections, and I was wondering how I could adapt them to fit my fish finder wiring, preferably keeping the quick connect/disconnect capability. Thanks for any help! |
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla
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Sounds like you aren't putting this battery in a water tight box. If you don't want to change the terminal ends on your wiring harness. Go to home depot get a couple of eye (round metal end) electrical crimp connectors and a couple of male blade end connectors with a couple on short (2") pieces of 14 to 18 gauge wires make two short adaptors that can be bolted to the battery and left on. Than you just plug and unplug the terminal end just as you did at the other battery. You will need a crimping tool. If you don't have one just buy a cheap kit at home depot or harbor freight that includes an assortment of connectors. Easy fix if you have the tools. Good luck
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Next time go with a lifep04 battery. A fraction of the weight and more compact. Now is it worth the money....YES.
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![]() Bolt the rings to the terminals then attach your current wiring to the spades. Personally I'd bend the rings to 90 degrees the run the wires tag ends with the spades on ot the top of the battery where I'd tape them down so just the spades stick out like the terminals of your old battery. You also may want to wrap the main terminals with electrical tape to keep them from shorting out aganist anything. |
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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Yep, simple adapter will do. If you want to go further then instead of bolting on an adapter, solder one on and then coat the whole terminal with epoxy to make it moisture/corrosion proof.
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Always use a proper sized fuse! A battery melting a hole through your yak can never be a good thing.
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