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Re: Battery connections

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Originally Posted by imjessica View Post
hey do you guys think that for the battery connector is it enough just to crimp it? we also soldered it but thats not very stable, and we'd definitely be able to pull it out if it wasnt for the electrical tape. how do we make a stable battery connection?
That depends on what you mean by "Crimp". To connect to the terminals on the battery, take your wire and do the crimping (with a crimper) to connect a ring terminal to your wire. Now, take the ring terminal and put it up against the hole on the terminal on the battery (there is a hole in it if memory serves me) and bolt it, then cover with heatshrink or electrical tape (though heatshrink is preferable)
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