Car Battery....

[stek]

Follow on from my 'Laying up a Car' thread due to not being allowed to drive for six months....

Just whipped the fooker off, it's the screw type terminal connector, not the normal battery post type, so the croc clips on the trickle charger are not suitable, nothing 'comes off' the connectors at car end, so I'm buggered. I think there are battery post terminals to screw in for charging, anyone familiar?

Hunting for 5/16th bolts now!

[gingerjedi]

Surely every man has a biscuit tin with a selection of nuts, bolts, screws and curtain hooks?

[FiveTimes]

Surely every man has a biscuit tin with a selection of nuts, bolts, screws and curtain hooks?

and wall plugs

[Support Monkey]

Follow on from my 'Laying up a Car' thread due to not being allowed to drive for six months....

Just whipped the fooker off, it's the screw type terminal connector, not the normal battery post type, so the croc clips on the trickle charger are not suitable, nothing 'comes off' the connectors at car end, so I'm buggered. I think there are battery post terminals to screw in for charging, anyone familiar?

Hunting for 5/16th bolts now!

you answered your own question, just put a couple of bolts in and to be honest they don't need to be the right size, just find something that will screw into the first couple of threads (don't try and wind it right in) as long as you get metal to metal connection your optimizer\battery charger will tell you if its charging

[TestMangler]

Buy two big croc clips from an Auto-shop, connect them to the battery, and connect your trickle charger to them instead :-)

[MyUserName]

When I read the title I assumed that you had been arrested for beating up someone's motor.

[stek]

you answered your own question, just put a couple of bolts in and to be honest they don't need to be the right size, just find something that will screw into the first couple of threads (don't try and wind it right in) as long as you get metal to metal connection your optimizer\battery charger will tell you if its charging

yeah, got some - they seem be made of some horrible alloy, may not conduct, trying....

I have had boxes of shiite that 'might come in' for jobs like this - the current mrs stek made me throw them all out....

Now we had tidyness but have to buy something everytime we need something.

I'm turning into my dad, aren't I?

[TestMangler]

yeah, got some - they seem be made of some horrible alloy, may not conduct, trying....

I have had boxes of shiite that 'might come in' for jobs like this - the current mrs stek made me throw them all out....

Now we had tidyness but have to buy something everytime we need something.

I'm turning into my dad, aren't I?

Do you have a stick that you keep specifically to stir paint ?

[stek]

Do you have a stick that you keep specifically to stir paint ?

Not yet, but I'm interested.

I turn lights off, knock a few degrees off the heating thermo everytime I walk past, and worst of all, I don't understand Twitter....

[BolshieBastard]

Follow on from my 'Laying up a Car' thread due to not being allowed to drive for six months....

Just whipped the fooker off, it's the screw type terminal connector, not the normal battery post type, so the croc clips on the trickle charger are not suitable, nothing 'comes off' the connectors at car end, so I'm buggered. I think there are battery post terminals to screw in for charging, anyone familiar?

Hunting for 5/16th bolts now!

Eh?

All batteries have a sticky uppy terminal of sorts. The croc clip should still be able to grab these.