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Old battery had posts on the near side. New battery has posts on the far side. One of the cables wont reach (the positive one). What are my options?

Thanks,
Kevin

Get the correct battery.

One of my pet peeves is wrong batteries and inadequate security for them.

Get the right battery and engineer a VERY secure hold down system for it. Having a battery bounce around reduces it's life and there is always a danger of sudden discharge, read explosion, if the positive terminal comes in contact with the car body. A rough road will do that, but a crash is nearly guaranteed to.

Go here... http://www.jackscars.net/batteries.html

Jack

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example 26 or 26R the R means that the terminals are switched. I am going off memory here so check me. A group 26 will have the pos on left and neg on right a group 26R will have the neg on left and pos on right.

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Lee is correct on the 26 having a Left Hand Positive top post configuration; 26R has a Right Hand Positive top post configuration.

However, another battery may also have a Right Hand Positive top post configuration without the R designation. The R isn't universally applied across the BCI specifications.

Put the battery in front of you with the terminals furthest from you. A right hand positive battery has the positive terminal on the right.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010-11-10 07:35 PM by RonnieMac.

Yep, I got the 26. Will exchange it for 26R and as Jack says I will make sure it is secure.

thanks

Kevin

I just bought a 26 to replace a 24 that the PO had in the box,unsecured. I didn't realize until I got home that the posts on the 24 were opposite of the 26. I was installing a cutoff switch anyway so I just had new cables made up.

Now I have the correct, secured battery, a cut off switch and new cables. Now if I vcan just get my backup lights to work!! (separate thread).

Anyone want a good group 24 battery?



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2010-11-11 02:41 PM by lewisrn.

Battery exchanged and tie down purchased. Everything is hunky dory and snug as a bug.