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stainless steel or standard nut
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2019 11:29 am
by GEORGE D.
what do you guys use on your boat batteries terminals thanks for your help george
Re: stainless steel or standard nut
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:08 pm
by ash
Standard Nut - has always been good for me and occasionally check for tightness between trips - especially after a bumpy day.
Re: stainless steel or standard nut
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2019 2:45 pm
by Turkeyman
Standard wing nut with battery terminal grease to prevent corrosion of cable terminals.
Re: stainless steel or standard nut
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2019 2:47 pm
by Dave Wilson
All 4 of my batteries came with SS wing nuts, so that is what I use.
Re: stainless steel or standard nut
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2019 7:31 pm
by DanIsaac
SS nut usually 9/16 with a SS lock washer.
Re: stainless steel or standard nut
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 8:59 am
by bryanmc
Stainless nyloc over a stainless flat washed
Re: stainless steel or standard nut
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 9:15 am
by WRB
Washers give you more contact surface area and prevent terminal twisting when tighning.
I use SST wing nuts with SST flat for 2 reasons, to prevent over torqing and breaking the battery post and ease of removing with pliers in lieu of finding a wrench, always have pliers handy.
9/16 hex nut for 5/16 stud, 5/8 ffor 3/8 stud, it depends on the battery stud size, wing nuts it doesn't matter.
Tom