wanting to add a Battery Tender to a 2006 Envoy. Could I place one of these on both the postive and negative posts to hook up the leads from Tender?
1755032
i don't see why not. i am curious why you wouldn't just clamp the leads directly to the existing connections, assuming your tender has alligator clamps i guess.
482669
Mine came with ring terminal cables suitable for use on a battery with threaded posts. You can use whatever you like for a plug. The panel peak output is less than 2 amps. Be advised that using a standard 110 volt plug is an invitation to someone's unwittingly plugging it into a 110 volt receptacle. As long as you maintain control of the system, everything should be fine.
2108692
The experts say use the positive post on battery and ground the other clamp on any unpainted engine part away from the battery to avoid any sparks over battery that might be hazardous. Of course, using the battery posts will work.
2108690
Yes you can. In most cases, it is not recommended for safety concerns. If there is any fuel vapor in the air, jumpstarting at the terminals would be dangerous since the chance of sparking are greater. This is the main reason that a lot of car manuals would have you use the jump terminals or engine block or other grounded piece of metal for the negative side. However I've jumpstarted many, many times using the battery posts.
1262565
I can't answer your question, sorry. I am using the battery tender on my '96 Jaguar and it is working well and doing what is advertised to do. Suggest you visit company website and post your query there. An F250 is out of my range of expertise but ask me about an Austin Healey, '50 Dodge Pickup or my '96 Jaguar and I might be more knowing. Can't spell knowledge - able. Good luck.
603412
No. Leave it hooked up, just hook up the tender to the pos and neg posts of the battery and plug the tender into 120VAC.
534812
Batteries must be connected. I have one tender on my chassis battery and another on the two house batteries connected in series.
1086110
Hook the positive to the positive of the first battery, and the negative to the negative of the last (6th) battery. These terminals will have the supply voltage to the motor. When hooking these up, be sure the cap is on the end of the battery charger lead. Last week, I disconnected the charger and inadvertently dropped the end, without the cover onto one of the batteries in the middle of the cart. BIG SPARK!
366252
No! These things need direct and secure connections to the battery. Hooked mine up with 3/8 inch copper weld cable 10' long and have never had any problem. Don't cheat on the connections or it will keep kicking out on you. Autozone carries dual battery terminals that work perfectly.
978839
If your existing battery cable has 'eye' ends (rings with a hole for the bolt/stud), then you can connect it directly to post with the wing nuts. Remove the wing nut, slip the cable terminal over the stud and tighten the wing nut. If you have multiple cables, you might have to fabricate little bus bars (from brass plates) as an interface between the terminals and your cables.
536448
Yes I did. Jumped the Honda that way, posts are easily accessible. Have not attempted it using positive post and negative to the frame. Not sure if it would work that way.
1293262
You will need a copper buss bar and some mc4 connectors. Run the positive wires in 10 gauge wire from the panels to the copper buss bar then a 8 gauge stranded copper wire from the buss bar to the charge controller. You can get a mc4 tee connector to tie the negative wires together and run one wire to the location of the charge controller. Do not do this for the positive wires from the panels to the controller, that's what I Sid first and found out a couple weeks later I was only getting power from one panel.
2175070
You should be able to wire together all positive an all negative and just connect one + and one - to the battery. The current draw is fairly low so it should be no problem.
747513
if the battery is out of the car just connect the neg and pos clamps directly to the respective posts on the battery.
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This is a switch so you only want positive connections - one from the battery and the other from the load. These generally attach to the largest of the 2 studs and it normally doesn't matter which one the battery cable attaches to and which one the load cable attaches to. The 3rd terminal is for the Switch and often this terminal has an S next to it but not always. You shouldn't have to do anything with your negative cable(s) which should already be connected properly. If this is a brand new circuit then connect the negative cable from the load(motor,etc)to a negative bus bar or the negative terminal of the battery This is a switch so you only want positive connections - one from the battery and the other from the load. These generally attach to the largest of the 2 studs and it normally doesn't matter which one the battery cable attaches to and which one the load cable attaches to. The 3rd terminal is for the Switch and often this terminal has an S next to it but not always. You shouldn't have to do anything with your negative cable(s) which should already be connected properly. If this is a brand new circuit then connect the negative cable from the load(motor,etc)to a negative bus bar or the... » Read More This is a switch so you only want positive connections - one from the battery and the other from the load. These generally attach to the largest of the 2 studs and it normally doesn't matter which one the battery cable attaches to and which one the load cable attaches to. The 3rd terminal is for the Switch and often this terminal has an S next to it but not always. You shouldn't have to do anything with your negative cable(s) which should already be connected properly. If this is a brand new circuit then connect the negative cable from the load(motor,etc)to a negative bus bar or the negative terminal of the battery « Show Less
904951
It seems like the gas and liquid connectors attach to either post. As long as you connect them correctly, they seem to work fine.
190052
the best way to get an answer to this question is to go to the battery tender site and they will be able to give you a correct answer