Battery Tender Plus ring terminals won't fit

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Hello. I just went to install my new Battery Tender Plus. My car uses a side post terminal set up (no Posts) and I thought the ring terminals would slide right over the cable terminal bolts that goes into the battery but they're too small. :( Not sure where else I'd attatch the ring terminals or where I'd use alligator clips on this battery. How does everyone else use this thing?
 
You might have to visit the auto parts store and get some ring terminals that will fit your battery and cut those off and crimp the new ones on.
 
INMY01TA said:
Hello. I just went to install my new Battery Tender Plus. My car uses a side post terminal set up (no Posts) and I thought the ring terminals would slide right over the cable terminal bolts that goes into the battery but they're too small. :( Not sure where else I'd attatch the ring terminals or where I'd use alligator clips on this battery. How does everyone else use this thing?
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Battery Tenders have historically been used on motorcycle, ATV and mower batteries...stuff that gets stored for the winter. Their batteries are smaller and frequently have smaller bolts.

As was suggested, drilling out the terminals or crimping on new ones is an option. You might check to see if you have a hot terminal somewhere, frequently enclosed in a plastic box with a door for use with jumper cables. If you've got one you can hook up the alligator clip there and ground the other one darn near anywhere. Might even be a ground post nearby.

The first time I tried to jumpstart someone with my GMC truck I stood there with my mouth hanging open trying to figure out how I was going to clamp to the almost non-existent battery terminals. Then I spotted the red box with the big + on it. I thought.. "coouhl"!

TL
 

Use the clamps. There should be just emough bolt head at the battery to clamp onto.

I bought one from AG that I recieved a week ago. It is currently hooked up to my Yamaha. The Battery Tender Plus cycles off & on as needed automatically. I like the idea of having 1.25 amps vs .75 amps.

This last one I got from AG is actually my second one. So now, I have one hooked up to the S2K, and one hooked up to the R1 :xyxthumbs:

With these trickle chargers, the battery is constantly maintained, and will prolong the life of the battery.


I give two thumbs up for the Battery Tender Plus :dblthumb2:



 
Fly bye said:
Use the clamps. There should be just emough bolt head at the battery to clamp onto.
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That's what I'm doing now but don't like it like this. I think I'll try drilling them out a little. Thanx everybody.
 
Okay so I took the Dremel out and filed away a little from the inside of the ring terminal and was able to fit the ring terminal around the bolt but the blocky black/red indicators just before the ring terminals still won't let me fasten the battery cables back on. :mad: Using the clamps there is very little of the bolt head to clamp to and they feel like they could fall off which could cause a dangerous situation. I have to say I'm pretty dissapointed with this.
 
Just put some larger ring terminals on the battery tender. That's what I had to do on my 4th gen F-body with side terminals. I don't like using the clamps since they can easily be knocked off the battery. I've installed the Battery Tender quick disconnect on every battery in my two cars, truck, and waverunner. I also have the 12' and 25' extension cords.
 
RobZ71LM7 said:
Just put some larger ring terminals on the battery tender. That's what I had to do on my 4th gen F-body with side terminals. I don't like using the clamps since they can easily be knocked off the battery. I've installed the Battery Tender quick disconnect on every battery in my two cars, truck, and waverunner. I also have the 12' and 25' extension cords.
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Yeah that's what I'll be doing too (same car). I just think it's retarded that I have to hack up brand new equipment.
 
INMY01TA said:
Yeah that's what I'll be doing too (same car). I just think it's retarded that I have to hack up brand new equipment.
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You have another choice, you can always buy another vehicle with a more compatible battery. :rolleyes:

TL
 
TLMitchell said:
You have another choice, you can always buy another vehicle with a more compatible battery. :rolleyes:

TL
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Compatible with what? Did not say anywhere this sight or the packaging that it only fits certain cars. If a TL is more applicable then no thanx.
 
INMY01TA said:
Compatible with what? Did not say anywhere this sight or the packaging that it only fits certain cars. If a TL is more applicable then no thanx.
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Compatible with a Tender. Everything we buy doesn't fit everything we own. I've hooked up BT harnesses to every bike I've owned and used the alligators on numerous vehicles and ran into the same problem. Sometimes you just gotta find a workaround or try another product. Some standardization amongst manufacturers would be a good thing.

The car-replacement suggestion was merely pointing out, facetiously, you have other options. Drastic? Certainly. But an option nonetheless. I replaced a bike battery for one with different terminals because I couldn't hook up the pigtail to it and I also wanted to use it to power heated clothes via the same pigtail.

Another thought, have you tried contacting Deltran for their thoughts on a workaround? You can't be the only one that's ever ran into this problem. Never know, they may have developed another method of connection for situations like yours.

Batterytender.com - Deltran Corp

TL <---- that's me
 

INMY01TA said:
Yeah that's what I'll be doing too (same car). I just think it's retarded that I have to hack up brand new equipment.
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If you looked at the links I provided, you'd see that you don't have to hack anything.




 
Fly bye said:
Prolem solved, no hacking involved.
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I'm looking into these.
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Wouldn't that be alot easier than converting my battery terminals to posts and then converting my battery cables to clamps for those posts??
 
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