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Default charging battery with no terminals

On 12 Mar 2006 01:25:00 -0800, wrote:

i have a portable charger and removed my battery from vehicle however
the terminals are connected to the wiring that remained in the van; so
my dilemma being i have nothing to connect the charger to on the
battery.QUESTION BEING: can i screw bolts into sockets where the
terminals were unscrewed and if so do they have to be a specific metal
in order to conduct the charge or do i need to return battery to
vehicle?? help!


If you're talking about side terminal batteries. You can use any bolt
with the correct threads. Unless you are charging at a very high rate
the metal doesn't matter.

Check out an auto parts or department store for battery terminal
adapters. They are round terminals like you're used to seeing that
screw into the side of the battery - if you use it often enough it may
be worth getting.
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