XJCreeper said:
Your got good price and a priced much better than the Jeepers and Creepers battery cables. For the guy who wants to make his own I've found for myself I can make them cheaper and enjoyed doing it. But for those who don't you're offering up a great deal. The set of Mil-spec battery clamps that the Jeepers and Creepers guys offer look cool. But $16.99 is steep for a set of 4 clamps. Do you offer them as well and what do you think of them. Overkill?
I could, but I haven't found a set in anything other than lead. Probably end up casting them mysefl, I should have enough scrap brass lying about...
I offer the brass battery clamps for a simple reason - brass is a better conductor than lead. I probably check mine about once a quarter (since I'm usually doing an inspection anyhow,) and they rarely need cleaning - at least, on top of my Optimas. If something can be made better, I usually end up figuring out how...
Lead is used in battery clamps for a couple of simple reasons -
1) It's cheap. Probably costs a quarter as much as copper and alloys...
2) It's "inert." Meaning, it won't corrode (much.) For people who aren't into maintenance, it's just ducky. For people like us, who are usually working on our rigs, brass is better (and I've noted less corrosion with the brass clamps I've got than I have with the lead clamps I melted down!)
I'm not sure why they're offering them in sets of four, since a battery (usually!) only has two terminals (sometimes three - I've seen "race" batteries with a 16VDC section for starting, and a 12VDC core for running,) and offering an extra pair makes me wonder about the utlity of the things...
The battery clamps I offer (in TekkaMaki's pic) are solid brass "marine" style clamps with a 5/16" binding post - which not only takes 5/16"-18 nuts (in case you need to replace them,) but can also be unscrewed from the backside and replaced if you need something longer - and I've actually managed to reverse the post (it's really just a bolt...) and screw it into the clamp to get home until I could get another nut, after losing one in the field. Damn thing probably fell INTO a frame rail...
I'd offer "MIL-Spec" clamps, if I could find a set I liked. However, I do have a set of "marine" style clamps available that I like, and that helps to fill the gap.
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