Power cable connection types

[spinlock]

Still getting ready to do my install, and I'm wondering what's the better way to connect my power cables: ring terminals, or those connections where you strip the cable, put the exposed copper into a socket on the block / device, and screw a little hex nut down onto it. Is there any reason to use ring terminals over the other, more convenient kind? Bearing in mind I'm doing a battery relocation and tend to pull some g's when driving :]

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[ProgMtl 10+ year member]

For out in the engine compartment I prefer the ring terminal kind (had a few of the other ones comes loose) as I do quite a bit of off road driving and the twisting, turning and bouncing seems to loosen things up out there.

The compression fitting kind (knukonceptz sells them) seems to work pretty well also.

 

[05AztecRed 10+ year member]

compression types are fine, just remember to re-torque them in 3 months or so...