Sentences with phrase «battery terminals»

Step 2: Holding the leads on the battery terminals, have someone try to start the vehicle.

Corrosion at the battery terminals can cause some electrical issues.

When you have your oil change done, ask to check the battery terminals.

Check the battery cables and make sure that they are tight on the battery terminals.

Is it not good practice to clean battery terminals in general... let alone when a customer pays for a new battery?

More importantly, the battery terminals were severely corroded and I questioned whether or not we actually received a new battery at all.

The battery terminals are disconnected.

Other common faults are the battery terminals, starter, battery cables, ignition switch, fuel pump, or fuel filter.

No - start issues are common and the most likely causes are the battery, starter, fuel pump, ignition switch, battery terminals or the battery cables.

Make sure your battery terminals are in good working order and are not grounding out any where make sure they are insulated and not cracked and touching metal.

• The connection of the battery terminals are good, they was cleared of corrosion.

Often when vehicles have inaccessible battery terminals there will be specific jump start or charging terminals somewhere more convenient.

With a less than optimal 12.2 volts at the battery terminals and the bendix drive at the starter failing to pop and engage the flywheel, would battery charge be a likely cause of such a failure?

Hook up a voltmeter across the battery terminals then crank the engine for 15 seconds.

You were on the right track to check the battery terminals on the battery and the problem may still be there.

Various other sites seem to say what I'd always thought, which is to use the two battery terminals, but some people here seem convinced that this risks an explosion, even if you don't turn on any power until both croc clips are connected:

I used jumper cables to connect from battery of Sienna and connected to battery terminals to Tacoma to provide power to roll up windows.

It could also be that it isn't exactly the battery terminals which are at fault, but by banging around on them you reconnected whatever is the problem.

Battery terminals are high current.

We then checked drive belts and battery terminals for tightness, and removed spark plugs, cleaned them (had to replace one with cracked insulator) and squirted WD - 40 and RP 7 (spray lubricants) into the cylinders whilst spark plugs were removed.

Open your hood, locate the battery and try to move the battery terminals.

While it scored well here, only one USB output is offered and the bulky design makes it more difficult to secure the clamps to the battery terminals under the bonnet, but thanks to the long leads it's not too much of an issue.

After twenty minutes I was seeing 13.8 V after starting at 14.3 V (measured across the battery terminals).

I decided to check the engine bay while the car was running and immediately noticed a bright continuos spark on one of the battery terminals.

It works just as well, stopping moisture being able to form on your battery terminals.

I have never had problems with corrosion so I have not used dielectric grease on any of my car's battery terminals.

I used a toothbrush and baking soda mixed with water to clean the battery terminals.

there might be a way to create a device which uses AC power from the wall with a transformer to power the battery terminals, then it's up to the longevity of your transformer and your house's fuses

If not, and all is running fine you may have been lucky and disturbed them before they got anything... do check the battery terminals...

It's a safety issue to avoid shorting the battery terminals through the frame.

If you have those cheap aftermarket battery terminals, I would verify you are getting a good steady connection.

Check the battery voltage across the actual battery terminals with a good meter with the car off, and the car running.

I already checked the battery terminals they are clean.

No corrosion on the battery terminals, harness appears intact.

The next step would be to clean the battery terminals and all battery connections.

If you don't find any corrosion around the battery terminals, take the battery down to the parts store and have them load test it.

I tried new batteries and even cleaning the battery terminals.

Touch the positive lead of the voltmeter to the positive battery terminal, and touch the negative lead of the voltmeter to the input side of the first thing in the circuit.

The negative connection to the recipient car is the last connection made and it is made to a metal grounded part, not to the negative battery terminal (so that you can remove the connection without risking hydrogen explosion caused by a spark near the battery)

or from the + ve battery terminal?

We got the new battery terminal.

Switch will simply short - circuit positive battery terminal to the radio when turned on.

(if you need want any boat details, see: this thread) When I purchased the boat, the thickest negative battery terminal wire was not connected to anything...

However, when I installed the booster cable on my battery terminal connection, the power came back and there was enough power to start the engine...

The leads were connected to the battery terminal cables that were connected to the terminals themselves.

This sounds like a connection problem, either at the battery terminal, or the body ground.

This could also be an issue due to oxidation of the clamp on the battery terminal.

As the booster cable wasn't plugged to any power source at the other end, does it confirm the problem is linked to a loose battery terminal connection (fixed by the charger cable clamp) or could it be something else?

This is why I changed the battery terminal connector to begin with.

If you keep the cables connected, follow this process: Plug the charger's positive clip onto the positive battery terminal.