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Connecting two ring terminals?

Posted: Mon May 26, 2025 7:56 pm
by neilbardsley
How do I connect to electric ring terminals so they can be undo? I've considered just using bolts and insulation or maybe a box as in the photo. I think box in the photo is too heavy Image

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Re: Connecting two ring terminals?

Posted: Mon May 26, 2025 8:13 pm
by Nine One One
Box will not be that heavy at all...............or join the two terminals together, with a nut and bolt, having put a suitable length of heater hose over one cable before you join them, and then slide the heater hose over the join to prevent any contact with anything else.

Re: Connecting two ring terminals?

Posted: Mon May 26, 2025 9:45 pm
by Lightweight_911
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It might help, Neil, if you tell us the current rating of the wires & the location/application ...

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Re: Connecting two ring terminals?

Posted: Mon May 26, 2025 10:08 pm
by neilbardsley
It's the positive return from my new 6v alternator and the red light gauge wire. Both in the engine bay

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Re: Connecting two ring terminals?

Posted: Tue May 27, 2025 6:05 am
by PeterK
I realise that you want the option to go back to original, but ….

Do you have enough length of wire to cut the rings off, butt splice & seal them now, and replace the ring terminals if/when needed

Re: Connecting two ring terminals?

Posted: Tue May 27, 2025 8:01 am
by Lightweight_911
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Without having to modify the existing wiring/terminals & allow future reversal, in the past I've used a short bolt/machine screw & nut then insulated the joint with a couple of layers of heat shrink tubing.

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Re: Connecting two ring terminals?

Posted: Tue May 27, 2025 11:00 am
by neilbardsley
Lightweight_911 wrote:.

Without having to modify the existing wiring/terminals & allow future reversal, in the past I've used a short bolt/machine screw & nut then insulated the joint with a couple of layers of heat shrink tubing.

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That is the route I'm heading towards

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Re: Connecting two ring terminals?

Posted: Tue May 27, 2025 11:02 am
by neilbardsley
PeterK wrote:I realise that you want the option to go back to original, but ….

Do you have enough length of wire to cut the rings off, butt splice & seal them now, and replace the ring terminals if/when needed
I want this for a beside the road fix. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to buy another alternator or rebuild the generator as a backy

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