paczowski123
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2011
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- 115
Ok we'll I've been trying to track down a starting issue with my boat that is intermittent. What happens sporadically is when I turn the key, the starter will cycle, for a split second, pause for a second then begin starting the motor. Almost sounds like a weak battery. However, my battery is fully charged and fairly new. I DO have the wing nuts on the terminals, and what seemed to help is tightening them down with pliers. My question is could my problem be in the contact surface being to small using those small wing nut style terminals? Could I switch to the normal automotive loop style connectors? I have checked both ground and power cables
At both ends and cleaned them. The boat always starts, but it is always in the back of my mind of getting stranded. It seems to me those spade/wing nut terminals provide a rather small contact surface. OR do y'all think I should try using a regular nut to tighten the connectors down?
At both ends and cleaned them. The boat always starts, but it is always in the back of my mind of getting stranded. It seems to me those spade/wing nut terminals provide a rather small contact surface. OR do y'all think I should try using a regular nut to tighten the connectors down?
But I guess I'll take the pros advice (something I need to get better at) and go get some standard nuts. From what I've seen it looks as though I need 5/16?? Nyloc or non nyloc, and should I use a washer?