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Side battery connection bolts too long? terry 06-20-2007
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Posted by terry on June 20, 2007, 9:08 am
Not quite home repair; unless you use several 12 volt truck/auto
batteries to power your 24 volt computer UPS, as we do.

However those of us who 'do' at home are most likely to attend to (at
least the smaller stuff) on our motor vehicles? So this tip may help?

Picked up a couple of lead replacement side terminal connectors for
auto type batteries to set up an out-of-vehicle charging set up for
some 12v recreational/spare auto style batteries.

Each connector came with a short bolt to screw into the battery side
terminal. As it was installed each bolt 'seemed' a little bit too
long! To continue turning it in after it appeared 'to bottom out'
could IMO have either damaged the soft lead thread in the battery or
perhaps broken through the battery post into the interior of the
battery. So I stopped, investigated an measured!

But by not tightening it fully the connector was loose; the solutions
were; use a shorter bolt, grind off end of the bolt provided by say an
eighth of an inch, or use a suitable washer (which due to the
depression in the connector into which the bolt head fits will have to
be certain size, only slightly bigger than the bolt head!

Or possibly, but undesirably, using say a steel plated washer between
the lead surface of the side connection and the lead connector thus
introducing a different metal between the two contact surfaces which
can carry high current.

These connectors looked as though made in 'The Peoples Republic' and/
or cheaply made somewhere else?

Not saying that because these were perhaps Chinese, Korean or third
world made etc. that all such side post connectors are necessarily no
good. Although recent events involving, food products, pet food and
more recently toothpaste (falsely/alleged, but not actually made, in
South America) seem to throw doubt on manufacturing to the proper
standards we are used to in North America and the European Union.

BUT: This warning might save someone the grief of not damaging a side
terminal battery????

Must go and change over the charger lead clips to the other spare
recreational battery until I get the bolt length sorted out! I think
shortening the bolts, although it will grind off the plating is
quickest and safest way to go!.


Real Goods Solar, Inc.
Posted by terry on June 20, 2007, 9:17 am

Oops!!!!!! I wrote ................... in part .................
above ....

> Although recent events involving, food products, pet food and
> more recently toothpaste (falsely/alleged, but not actually made, in
> South America) seem to throw doubt on manufacturing to the proper
> standards we are used to in North America and the European Union.
>
>
I should have written that the news reports I had heard said
"Toothpaste allegedly but not actually made in South Africa"; sorry
about that, my error. Wrong continent!

terry


Posted by Jack on June 20, 2007, 9:44 am
>
> Oops!!!!!! I wrote ................... in part .................
> above ....
>
> > Although recent events involving, food products, pet food and
> > more recently toothpaste (falsely/alleged, but not actually made, in
> > South America) seem to throw doubt on manufacturing to the proper
> > standards we are used to in North America and the European Union.
>
> I should have written that the news reports I had heard said
> "Toothpaste allegedly but not actually made in South Africa"; sorry
> about that, my error. Wrong continent!
>
> terry

I'm an old codger 90 yrs old. All my adult life I have proclaimed that
this country should should be a 'Made in USA' state in every way it
is possible. The people and country should come first and the rest of
the world afterwards. How ever our politicians, in order to gain
votes, have changed things around over the years. NOW, we are reaping
their greedy mistakes.. The grass root people of this country need to
rise up in masse and take control and put this land back on the
original track that was set forth in 1776 by our fore fathers.. Having
foregn trade is good only to a point. Beyond that it serves no good to
this land. I say let America become Americaiized again.
Jack


Posted by Charlie Bress on June 20, 2007, 12:21 pm

>>
>> Oops!!!!!! I wrote ................... in part .................
>> above ....
>>
>> > Although recent events involving, food products, pet food and
>> > more recently toothpaste (falsely/alleged, but not actually made, in
>> > South America) seem to throw doubt on manufacturing to the proper
>> > standards we are used to in North America and the European Union.
>>
>> I should have written that the news reports I had heard said
>> "Toothpaste allegedly but not actually made in South Africa"; sorry
>> about that, my error. Wrong continent!
>>
>> terry
>
> I'm an old codger 90 yrs old. All my adult life I have proclaimed that
> this country should should be a 'Made in USA' state in every way it
> is possible. The people and country should come first and the rest of
> the world afterwards. How ever our politicians, in order to gain
> votes, have changed things around over the years. NOW, we are reaping
> their greedy mistakes.. The grass root people of this country need to
> rise up in masse and take control and put this land back on the
> original track that was set forth in 1776 by our fore fathers.. Having
> foregn trade is good only to a point. Beyond that it serves no good to
> this land. I say let America become Americaiized again.
> Jack
>
Jack, I am sure you remember when Sam Walton was still alive and the Walmart
stores were proud to display Made in America signs.
When the old man passed on and the kids took over the business is when they
took down those signs and replaced them with Made in China with lousy
quality and cheap labor.

Charlie



Posted by Stormin Mormon on June 21, 2007, 10:09 am
Wouldn't that be nice! Maybe we'd have some more jobs in the US,
instead of sending all our money to China?

--

Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
.

: >
: > Oops!!!!!! I wrote ................... in part
.................
: > above ....
: >
: > > Although recent events involving, food products, pet food
and
: > > more recently toothpaste (falsely/alleged, but not actually
made, in
: > > South America) seem to throw doubt on manufacturing to the
proper
: > > standards we are used to in North America and the European
Union.
: >
: > I should have written that the news reports I had heard said
: > "Toothpaste allegedly but not actually made in South Africa";
sorry
: > about that, my error. Wrong continent!
: >
: > terry
:
: I'm an old codger 90 yrs old. All my adult life I have
proclaimed that
: this country should should be a 'Made in USA' state in every
way it
: is possible. The people and country should come first and the
rest of
: the world afterwards. How ever our politicians, in order to
gain
: votes, have changed things around over the years. NOW, we are
reaping
: their greedy mistakes.. The grass root people of this country
need to
: rise up in masse and take control and put this land back on the
: original track that was set forth in 1776 by our fore fathers..
Having
: foregn trade is good only to a point. Beyond that it serves no
good to
: this land. I say let America become Americaiized again.
: Jack
:



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