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Should I solder my battery terminal?
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<blockquote data-quote="ThxOne" data-source="post: 8655396" data-attributes="member: 675210"><p>As I was driving around last night, making my deliveries I noticed my battery gauge sitting at 13v. No lights on, no air running and my stereo was not loud at all. Then I saw it drop just below 13v for a little bit. This is annoying to say the least. When I got back to work I checked my battery connections while the Jeep was running. I messed with the positive terminal, no change on the gauge. Messed with the negative and it jumped up to 13.5 - 13.8ish volts and stayed there the rest of the night. I was able to rotate the negative terminal about 2mm. It took some effort.</p><p></p><p>I cannot tighten the terminal, it uses a set screw on the side. I had the thought of adding some solder to the connection, coating the battery terminal and letting it fill any gaps where the terminal connects to the post. It is a top post battery. What do you all think of the solder idea? It's a Sky High battery terminal. This terminal to be exact.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]949[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThxOne, post: 8655396, member: 675210"] As I was driving around last night, making my deliveries I noticed my battery gauge sitting at 13v. No lights on, no air running and my stereo was not loud at all. Then I saw it drop just below 13v for a little bit. This is annoying to say the least. When I got back to work I checked my battery connections while the Jeep was running. I messed with the positive terminal, no change on the gauge. Messed with the negative and it jumped up to 13.5 - 13.8ish volts and stayed there the rest of the night. I was able to rotate the negative terminal about 2mm. It took some effort. I cannot tighten the terminal, it uses a set screw on the side. I had the thought of adding some solder to the connection, coating the battery terminal and letting it fill any gaps where the terminal connects to the post. It is a top post battery. What do you all think of the solder idea? It's a Sky High battery terminal. This terminal to be exact. [ATTACH]949._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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