OK now what?

[gnet158 10+ year member]

Here’s the deal, when I installed my amp kit none of ring connectors would fit my battery terminal. It’s a GM side post terminal so I ended up just sandwiching bare 8 guage power cable between the battery and the terminal. It works great, but I knew I shouldn’t leave it like that.

So I took some advice from members and purchased a Stinger ring connector and Stinger GM side post battery terminal. Disconnected the battery (neg first) installed them, connected them to eachother, powered up my system, went to start my truck and I hear a “click”. Everything’s dead, rechecked all my connections and still nothing. I called Stinger and they weren’t much help, they gave me the old “our product is not the problem” line. What to do? I'm back to the bare wire sandwich.

I would like to hear from other GM truck and SUV owners on what they used to properly terminate power for their amps. Photo’s and or what you used would be nice. Thanks!

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[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

Make sure the connection is very very secure. Also try to re-connect the original terminal. If it turns on then you know it is the stinger terminal.

 

[monte_carlo97 10+ year member]

Make sure the connection is very very secure. Also try to re-connect the original terminal. If it turns on then you know it is the stinger terminal.

that would be the thing i would do. I would check for corrosion and the sort.

 

[KaeZoo 10+ year member]

Those side terminal posts come in two sizes. Maybe you have the wrong one. Is the factory ring terminal secure against the side of the battery with the new post, or is it loose?

 

[gnet158 10+ year member]

Thanks for the replies; it works fine with the original terminal. But the Stinger ring terminal only works with the Stinger battery terminal. Everything was tight, I checked all the connections, even stripped back new cable for the ring terminal, the wired thing is that I can power up my system just fine, it’s when I start the truck that everything dies. I hear a click like my batteries dead, but my battery is fine, it hold steady at 14 volts, and everything works fine with my ghetto sandwich install. I just don’t want to leave it like that.

 

[monte_carlo97 10+ year member]

check remote wires. Is everything hooked up good to the cd player

 

[Nikuk 5,000+ posts]

Your battery floats at 14vdc?

Pics.