Halloween at 47

here's validation:
side posts suck ass. I've stripped the threads on every one of those stupid things I have ever touched. I converted the leads on my chevy to top posts because I hate side terminals. Didn't Honda invent them or something? They've never felt like a good solid connection to me

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Originally Posted by AggieTJ2007

don't use the side terminals for the winch. Optimas were not designed to connect the winch to the side terminals and it will melt something inside the battery and destroy it.

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hmmm funny ive done it that way for years... guess i should go change it so battery doesnt go melting on me

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Originally Posted by uglyota

here's validation:
side posts suck ass. I've stripped the threads on every one of those stupid things I have ever touched. I converted the leads on my chevy to top posts because I hate side terminals. Didn't Honda invent them or something? They've never felt like a good solid connection to me

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I'm willing to bet you use a pair of pliers to tighten side posts instead of a wrench don't you?

socket and a 1/4" ratchet. I always strip out the internal threads

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Originally Posted by J Cooper

hmmm funny ive done it that way for years... guess i should go change it so battery doesnt go melting on me

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Speaking of which wtf happened to that redtop with the big gouge in it in your garage?

I've never stripped the threads, but I twisted off a terminal in an old interstate battery one time but I've never really had any problems with them.

not to say that this guy knows batteries from Shinola, but
"The yellow top or red top side posts should never be used for your winch connections as internally they're meant to handle only about 70A or so of the starter and you could burn the wire strand/metal plate inside that connects the side terminal to the two poles of the battery."
from: http://www.missioncontrol.ca/cgi-bin...num=1043778598
and yes, it does say Eco Four Wheeling Society Forum. I've never heard of them before but it might be my long lost brethren :D

I did find that on optima's website they recommend not connecting winches to the sideposts, but I've have my winch connected that way for two years and have used it many times under some heavy loads and haven't seen a problem. Weird.

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Originally Posted by afroman006

Speaking of which wtf happened to that redtop with the big gouge in it in your garage?

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got eaten by a 460

my guess is some jeep douche had a messed up winch and hooked it up to his optima by the side posts. When he went to use the winch and it overloaded and shorted out the battery...Since jeep douches tell all their buddies about how bad a company's customer service is, I'm betting Optima said, ah screw it, we'll put a disclaimer on the website.

bitter much?
:laughing:

you can't tell me it doesn't happen. :D

of course it does but your delivery was klassic :gigem:

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Originally Posted by Fredo

yeah, I've got some badass gold Rockford Fosgate connections for the amp on my stereo in the camaro. They would work good. Either that, or you could go to clamp style cables for your battery and just use the side posts for the winch. That's how mine is on the Scout.

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that thing on the side post in the pic is gold plated nigga

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Originally Posted by uglyota

socket and a 1/4" ratchet. I always strip out the internal threads

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they're 3/16"

1/4" drive :flipoff2:

yeah yeah.

so anyways. fred's gonna call me an asterisk but i melted the side post off a battery once. so, id go with not connecting a winch there.