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Andyn

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Andyn

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Hey,

Im looking to get some new battery terminals, as the current ones are worn.

I just bought a new Bosch heavy duty battery, and most of the bosch batteries have the same size terminals.

I went to supercheap and all the terminals are very small and u need to really hammer them to fit them (we tried it at the store). I saw some at jbhifi/repco today (gold connectors) but they were like $22 a piece! (22 for negative, 12 for positive).

Before i get sucked into buying these, I wanted to hear if someone knows where to get decent size terminals, without paying a ridiculous amount.

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Hey,

Im looking to get some new battery terminals, as the current ones are worn.

I just bought a new Bosch heavy duty battery, and most of the bosch batteries have the same size terminals.

I went to supercheap and all the terminals are very small and u need to really hammer them to fit them (we tried it at the store). I saw some at jbhifi/repco today (gold connectors) but they were like $22 a piece! (22 for negative, 12 for positive).

Before i get sucked into buying these, I wanted to hear if someone knows where to get decent size terminals, without paying a ridiculous amount.

I bought some fairkly ordinaly ones (not gold) at REPCO a while back, cannot remember how much they cost. But if they were terribly expensive, I probably would have remembered.

morgsj50 Community Regular

morgsj50

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Hey,

Im looking to get some new battery terminals, as the current ones are worn.

I just bought a new Bosch heavy duty battery, and most of the bosch batteries have the same size terminals.

I went to supercheap and all the terminals are very small and u need to really hammer them to fit them (we tried it at the store). I saw some at jbhifi/repco today (gold connectors) but they were like $22 a piece! (22 for negative, 12 for positive).

Before i get sucked into buying these, I wanted to hear if someone knows where to get decent size terminals, without paying a ridiculous amount.

i had gold ones on a car i had ages ago they dont make much if any difference unless maybe your runnin a competitive sound system, in which case you wouldn't be buying shit from jb... if i remember right they're just gold plated and they corrodes anyway. they look good for alittle while, but i think they only really work on gel cell batteries

PHATR32 Grand Master

PHATR32

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i had gold ones on a car i had ages ago they dont make much if any difference unless maybe your runnin a competitive sound system, in which case you wouldn't be buying shit from jb... if i remember right they're just gold plated and they corrodes anyway. they look good for alittle while, but i think they only really work on gel cell batteries

wtf??

PHATR32 Grand Master

PHATR32

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and they dont make much of a differacne in car audio system either, there more for looks, plus some give you the option to bolt on thick cable (used by amps etc) to give is a neater look.

the performance differance is none (unless your old terminals were rubbish to begin with)

steve :D

topper Rookie

topper

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What ever you do DO NOT hammer on your battery terminals, you run the risk of destroying the battery post seal, leading to corrosion. Please go to your local Auto Electrician and they will solder on a new pair,the correct size) for you.

Cheers,

Topper (26 years working as auto elec)

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