Are these battery terminals a good deal?

[Big Dee 10+ year member]

$12 . Never looked into terminals before, are these my best bet? I'm going to use them to connect some 1/0 gauge knu kolossus for the big 3.

Also, can I just get rid of the stock grounds or are they necessary?

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[Big Dee 10+ year member]

Just ordered. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

$5 next day shipping ftw!

 

[jeepintn 10+ year member]

dont get rid of the stock grounds, just add to them. the more the merrier.

 

[scooter924 10+ year member]

Yea i use them, but if you want to use a ring terminal then you will have to grind it down some to fit.

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

Too bad knu doesnt have battery terminals with 2 1/0 guage.

 

[Big Dee 10+ year member]

dont get rid of the stock grounds, just add to them. the more the merrier.

I think I'll get rid of the stock battery/chassis ground and just put a 4 gauge wire in the terminal since I have some extra lying around. So 1/0 gauge plus some 4 gauge. I'll keep the stock engine/chassis ground. Thanks.

Yea i use them, but if you want to use a ring terminal then you will have to grind it down some to fit.

Good to know, thanks. I don't plan on using ring terminals for right now.

 

[lincolnls 10+ year member]

I'll keep the stock engine/chassis ground. Thanks..

then your not doing the big 3, if you only upgrade the battery ground you are only doing the big 1, you need to also do the engine chassis ground (remember thats were the alt gets its ground from) and also the + from the alt to the battery

then you have the big 3 done, uyour electrical system is only as good as your weakest link, so you really arent doing anything to improve your electrical set up.

if thats all your going to do dont bother doing it as it wont really make a difference for you

 

[Big Dee 10+ year member]

then your not doing the big 3, if you only upgrade the battery ground you are only doing the big 1, you need to also do the engine chassis ground (remember thats were the alt gets its ground from) and also the + from the alt to the battery
then you have the big 3 done, uyour electrical system is only as good as your weakest link, so you really arent doing anything to improve your electrical set up.

if thats all your going to do dont bother doing it as it wont really make a difference for you

Did you read the first post??? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

I said I was doing the big 3, and I asked if I should just toss the stock wires (when adding 1/0) or keep them. So then I said I was going to keep the stock wire, meaning I'm adding to it and leaving the stock in place.

Good lookin out though, peace.

 

[knukonceptz 10+ year member]

Too bad knu doesnt have battery terminals with 2 1/0 guage.

If you use ring terminals you can get 3 1/0 cables on that one terminal. Keep in mind at short lengths 4 gauge will handle plenty of current (ie 300+ amps) So if you are running + wires to Alt, 4 gauge will be more then adequate for any application with battery under the hood

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

I use the marine single post battery terminals in my car.

They're like $2.99 at autozone or napa for a pair, and it's a single 5/8" ring terminal, but it's long enough to put 3 rings on the positive, and 2 on the ground.

They're small, simple, cheap, and effective.

I have them on my starter battery, as well as my red top.

 

[thatkidbob 10+ year member]

^ not as pretty though lol...

the p3 terminals from parts express as basically the same as the Knu terminal and they're half the price... BUT, parts express only ships ups and their shipping starts out at like 8 bucks no matter what you buy, so if you get terminals there do it as part of a larger purchse.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

I prefer stinger terminals, those knu/p3 ones dont like to stay on very well.

If you have large ring terminals they will not fit inside the little chamfer

 

[thatkidbob 10+ year member]

I prefer stinger terminals, those knu/p3 ones dont like to stay on very well.

for me they stay on fine... the issue with my battery is that the terminal won't slide all the way on... my next course of action will be to attack the terminals with a rubber mallet.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

Thats exactly what im talking about..