Battery Terminal Hot

[skipmozilla]

Maybe I'm noticing this more on the Big Dog since there has been so many issues but the + terminal on the battery gets hot enough to melt anything close by, At thunder beach it melted the + post off a Big Boar 350cca.
I replaced that with a 270, took the Baker Firestarter 2.4kw out and reinstalled the original starter.
Cables appear good, tight, ground looks right, just way too much heat..

 

[Eric]

is it hot just after you start it?? or all the time?? I've never thought to check the temp... if it lose it will get hot...

 

[skipmozilla]

Just after starting... I Don't need to melt any wire or another battery post.

 

[Five Five]

Skip...sounds like you have a bad connection....it shouldn't generate so much heat that it's melting stuff....if it's the positive terminal than I would check the connection from Batt to Starter make sure you have good contact surface at both ends and there tight

 

[skipmozilla]

They're tight, any tighter they'd strip out.. I think I'll take out the brass spacers and see how that works.

 

[RRRUFF]

Don't forget the ground cable at the starter mount. Also check the charging system output, should be 13-14 volts.

 

[skipmozilla]

The end of this story is I orderd some Terry 4 guage cables only to realize $80 later thats what I already had.. I Put them on anyway, eliminated the spacers and stacking of wires and all seems fine, time will tell..
Now if that loctite will just keep the battery bolts tight.