[AT] Battery Cable Lug question

[oldiron62 at gmail.com]

I seen some brass bolts like you want, look in the plumbing dept at the 
hardware store. Ones I seen bolted a toilet down.
Kevin
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From: <jahaze at aol.com>
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Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Battery Cable Lug question


>
> The bolt has a 1/2 inch nut.  I think that makes it a 5/16 bolt?
>
> I'll try the steel and see how it goes.  If it doesn't work, I'll go the 
> brass route.  Thanks for your help.
>
> Enjoy, Joe
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darrell Ratliff <dbigdog at columbus.rr.com>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:03 pm
> Subject: Re: [AT] Battery Cable Lug question
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>
> Joe,
>   What size (diameter) is the bolt / stud?  A steel bolt will work but 
> will
> ot conduct as well as a copper connector.
> From: jahaze at aol.com
> ent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 2:19 PM
> o: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> ubject: [AT] Battery Cable Lug question
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> I will describe this the best way I can.  On my winch there is a copper 
> bolt
> hat attaches to the positive battery cable on the outside of a plastic 
> housing.
> he bolt goes through the houseing and has another cable attached on the 
> inside
> hat connects to the solinoid.  I am trying to add another cable to the 
> ouside
> f the housing so I have a power supply from both an on-board battery, and 
> from
> ome quick disconnect cables attached to my truck battery.
> My problem is the lug does not extend far enough outside the plastic 
> housing for
> e to attach two cables to it.  I was trying to find a longer copper 
> (brass?)
> olt and have been unsuccessful.  I was told by the hardware store that any 
> old
> olt would work, as long as it was long enough.  Will a grade 5 bolt 
> transmit
> lectricity as well as a copper bolt?  Or should I continue my quest for a
> onger copper bolt?  Any thoughts you can give me would be great.  What I 
> was
> ooking for was a 2" copper bolt to use in place of the 1 1/2" bolt on 
> there
> ow.
> Enjoy, Joe
>
>
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