My battery terminals are getting crowded after adding accessories like winch, spotties, light bar, UHF etc. What is everyone else doing to tidy this up? Anyone used a distribution terminal like picture below. I don't really want to mess around with the original starter cable connections though.
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I used good quality brass terminals.
https://www.projecta.com.au/battery-...d-brass-saddle
Snap off the top half of the cable saddle and fabricate some 3mm copper bus bar to fit, re-using the bolts to fasten.
Minimal modification to the original connections required, mine is a 150 but hopefully similarly easy to make fit. The terminals are marked + & - as they are different sizes so make better contact with the battery post.
Everything still fits underneath the OEM +ve cover too.2 Photos
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https://www.projecta.com.au/battery-...ution-terminal Why do things by halves, use these and fuses all in one spot. neater tidier / safer.
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Did mine last week.
https://jts12volt.com.au/product/two...rade-positive/
https://www.bluesea.com/products/5023/ST_Blade_Battery_Terminal_Mount_Fuse_Block
This is from my main battery. Very easy to fit
The connections on the terminal are- original looms to fuse box and starter
- connection to solenoid for dual battery (via a 200A circuit breaker not pictured)
I used some heatshink on the fuse block connection and insulating paint on the terminal clamp to reduce the risk of electrical short. Need to go back and give it a second coat of paint
Last edited by stevemac; 31-01-2020, 07:45 PM.
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These battery terminals are from the US & are made by a company called Knuconceptz & could be used in conjunction with the BlueSea fuse block
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2a8Seirw94
They also do distribution load centres for high current applications.
http://www.knukonceptz.com/sp/konfus...ibution-block/
The guy that runs this YouTube channel is also quite brilliant in regards to his autospark/audio installation knowledge.
Well worth a look.
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Yeah, you should do it because every car deserves a good battery. I have a friend and he treats his car badly. Buys the cheapest items and never gets it to a service. He didn’t care if there was any weird sound, scratches on the car, or stinky interior. It was all the same until one day his car just stopped in the middle of the road and the car just couldn’t start so he called me and asked me to come and help. After figuring out how should we get the car to the city we started a conversation about the whole situation. He said that he should start caring about it from now on. I advised him to check out https://batterytools.net/ because this website has all the information needed to understand how car batteries work and all possible ways to fix it. 2 weeks after that dialogue he texted me saying, that he fixed the car himself.
Last edited by david445; 08-06-2021, 05:32 AM.
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