How to add new battery terminals?

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

i had a quick question regarding swapping out new battery terminals. so here's a pic of the battery:

So i was thinking of adding this battery terminal: http://www.knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=BT-104P

how do i hookup the factory wires to the new battery terminal? as you can see from the pic, the factory wires are basically crimped on pretty good onto the negative battery terminal. so what do i do with the factory wires to hook up to the new battern terminals? thanks in advance.

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[jeepintn 10+ year member]

get a terminal with enough places to cut the old terminal off the factory wires and install them into the nre terminal

 

[knukonceptz 10+ year member]

You have to cut the metal end off and insert into one of the ports on the terminal or add ring terminals to the factory wires and place them on the center ring terminal port of the terminal.

 

[Fast1one 10+ year member]

I have the same one...problem is when you have the Big Three, as well as factory wires and the power run your run out of places real quick. I would try to find some with more spaces...If not, upgrade your battery. My Optima Red top has side posts....they were life savers in my situation...

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

find out what you can ring terminal on the top and what wires fit inside the terminals. i did the big 3 on mine and actually had space left over.

 

[knukonceptz 10+ year member]

Using crimp ring terminals you can fit two on the center port (turn the first upside down and stack the second on top) That will get you 4 wires onto one terminal.

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

Get to napa or autozone, and pick up a set of brass 5/8" marine-style battery terminals.

They're $2.99 a set at autozone, and will hold any combo of 3 rings terminals. Mine are holing 3 1/0ga. wires each.

 

[Pitchblack98 10+ year member]

What about using the terminals and getting a distribution block for the pos and neg terminal. Then run one wire from the terminal to the dist. block and you have 2 left on the terminal and a possibility of 4 easily on the block. Wouldn't that work?

 

[ghart999 10+ year member]

Get to napa or autozone, and pick up a set of brass 5/8" marine-style battery terminals.
They're $2.99 a set at autozone, and will hold any combo of 3 rings terminals. Mine are holing 3 1/0ga. wires each.

nice suggestion. I have never seen one that can hold 3 rings before.

Also a batt with top and side posts is great too. My red top has them so all my factory wiring fits on the side posts and all my audiowiring is on the top posts.

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

nice suggestion. I have never seen one that can hold 3 rings before.
Also a batt with top and side posts is great too. My red top has them so all my factory wiring fits on the side posts and all my audiowiring is on the top posts.

Ya, they're not super pretty or anything, but if it's going under the hood, or is installed discretely, it's a non-issue, and they're solid brass, so the connection's as good as anything.

I thought of using the side-post terminals too, but i think the bolts are bigger than ordinary set-screw rings, and drilling them out is a PITA!