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Re: Suggestion on What to use on battery Terminals

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Originally Posted by jwallace15 View Post
This is a quote of an earlier post, but no matter. If you'd need to check your terminals and want to use shrink wrap, I'd suggest clear shrink wrap. I don't have much experience with wiring a robot, but I know that using electrical tape is unreliable because it's not exactly the stickiest tape on the market...
I use it all the time and reccomend it to you!
Trust me, when the terminals aren't tight, you can tell. Just grab the wire near the terminal and wiggle it - if it's tight, it won't move. In this case, IndySam was indicating electrical tape due to the ease at which it could be removed after a terminal was identified as loose, in order to tighten the nut/bolt, and then reapplied.
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