[AT] Battery Cable Lug question

[charlie hill]

Joe go to a good hardware store and ask if they have brass bolts.   Actually 
a boating gear store might work also.  If you can't find it in brass get 
stainless steel and get
some di-electric grease (the kind of grease you use on battery connections 
in your car to prevent corrosion), bolt it up and coat it with grease.  As 
long as it's clean it will
work fine.   Mild steel will work electrically but it will corrode pretty 
fast.   You might try a good auto parts store too.  One that's been in 
business a long time.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: jahaze at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 2:19 PM
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: [AT] Battery Cable Lug question



I will describe this the best way I can.  On my winch there is a copper bolt 
that attaches to the positive battery cable on the outside of a plastic 
housing.  The bolt goes through the houseing and has another cable attached 
on the inside that connects to the solinoid.  I am trying to add another 
cable to the ouside of the housing so I have a power supply from both an 
on-board battery, and from some quick disconnect cables attached to my truck 
battery.

My problem is the lug does not extend far enough outside the plastic housing 
for me to attach two cables to it.  I was trying to find a longer copper 
(brass?) bolt and have been unsuccessful.  I was told by the hardware store 
that any old bolt would work, as long as it was long enough.  Will a grade 5 
bolt transmit electricity as well as a copper bolt?  Or should I continue my 
quest for a longer copper bolt?  Any thoughts you can give me would be 
great.  What I was looking for was a 2" copper bolt to use in place of the 1 
1/2" bolt on there now.

Enjoy, Joe





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