Scosche Statusclamp (1)1/0, (1)4 and (2)8 Gauge Positive Output Battery Terminal

So, this is about the same as the matching negative battery terminal. I pasted my review of that below, because they're the same thing except that this has a bigger post hole to fit a positive terminal, and it includes a digital voltmeter. The voltmeter has a small (maybe 24 gauge? About the size of phone wire) wire that sticks out the bottom of the clamp, which needs to be connected to a ground. I'd suggest that you use some sort of quick-disconnect connector (probably the spade kind) between this wire and your ground connection, because the wire is pretty small. If you have a couple of heavy wires hooked into this terminal and disconnect your battery, you don't want the whole assembly hanging by that small little wire. You'll want to disconnect it for battery service. With that said, the voltmeter is really pretty handy. You can quickly determine if your alternator is working right while the engine is running by seeing if it reads around 14-15 volts (good alternator) or more like 10-12 volts (alternator dead). You can crank your stereo up and, if the voltage is dropping substantially when the bass hits, you need to add a capacitor and maybe move to a bigger alternator. Etc it's actually functional. It updates when there's a minor voltage change, which with a running car is all the time. So it'll basically be on whenever the car's running. When the car's off, the voltage will be pretty stable, so the gauge will shut off after a few moments. It's a neat design.

Aside from that, this is basically a pretty nice battery terminal. It has two 8 gauge ports, one 4 gauge port, and one single-aught (1/0) port. In the 1/0 port, it comes with a bushing so you can alternatively use a second 4 gauge wire, which I thought was pretty nice. The clear plastic cover looks nice, and ships with a piece of clear plastic sheeting covering the logo / top of the cover up so you should get it scratch-free. That's a nice touch. The clear cover (I think I saw that it's polycarbonate, but don't hold me to that) extends a little beyond the wire-exit side of the terminal, and extends just a little below the bottom. So, it does a good job of functionally completely covering the terminal when it's attached to the battery. The bolt that secures the clamp to the battery is angled in and recessed on the side. The wire holes are large enough for the insulation to enter a little, and then reduced in diameter where the wire itself goes in, so if you strip your wire straight you'll get a very clean-looking installation with the insulation part-way inside the terminal.

The reason I gave this 4 stars was the lack of wire installation instructions. While it's not real hard to figure out that you strip off about 1/4 inch of insulation to get the right depth of wire past the insulation stops, it'd be cool if they actually told you that. Similarly, they don't tell you what size allen/hex wrench to use for the set screws or attachment bolt. I found that 2.5, 3, and 4mm keys seemed to fit about right, but the 2.5 is a little loose on the 8 gauge set screws. It might be standard, but I couldn't get a standard size to fit the 4 or 1/0 gauge screws. It's a little thing, but since those instructions are missing, the product isn't perfect. There were, however, basic instructions for the voltmeter.

Also detracting from the 5-star rating is the use of that really annoying blister packaging that you have to cut open. While the plastic used wasn't the worst I've ever had to cut open, it was still really annoying. This is something that really screams to be packaged in a small cardboard box with a clear window on one side. Whatever happened to those kinds of packages? Paper's not *that* expensive...

Even with those oversights, though, I'd have no hesitation in recommending the statusclamp battery terminals to anyone. While you're under there, go ahead and spend a few bucks to get the matching Scosche Statusclampn Negative Battery Terminal

This is a nice looking clamp and I'm generally happy with it, but it could be improved.

Pros:

-Nice looking--cleaner overall appearance

-Display works well--helpful in checking if alternator and battery are working right. Lights up RED. Turns off after a minute without voltage change to not drain the battery

-Covers post completely--may keep it cleaner/more protected from rust, etc.

-Probably better electrical transfer with set screw inputs rather than ring terminals, and silver plating

-Plating seems durable--when trying to find a way to clamp a jumper cable to it, the teeth didn't seem to mar the finish too much.

-Plastic cover covers clamp except for the underside while letting you see the clamp and display

Cons:

-No place for a jumper cable or battery tester to clamp onto

-Limited inputs--if you have more than four wires, or your wires don't happen to be exactly 0, 4, or 8 gauge you will need to buy a distribution block. Could be vastly improved by having a screw to accept rings terminals for extra/different gauge wires.

-Display is nice but in practice an interior gauge or data logger is more helpful, and the space it takes up on the clamp could have been used to add a ring terminal input or make it smaller.

-Large--hangs off battery

-Allen keys--may be more annoying for some to remove clamp than rachet. Also it would have been simpler to only use one size key rather than three. Would probably have been easier to have the set screws on top rather than bottom, but would have detracted from appearance.

-Hard to get wires into set screw inputs--Even with the possible benefit of better electrical transfer in comparison to ring terminals, it is almost impossible to get the wire in without many of the strands not making it into the hole.

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I would suggest that anyone who's interested in adding something AWESOME to their sound system NEEDS to buy this ! It's very simple to install and it looks and works great. As far as the bad review about the set screws stripping, I'm to guess that individual used standard allen wrenches. This particular item uses METRIC allen wrenches !! It's really easy to strip anything if using the WRONG tool. I have an antique VW and I really like the display showing my volts, too bad they don't make one showing amps ;( Additional NOTE After the car is turned off, the display on the clamp turns off as well.

This is a great way to bring all your positive wires together without clutter. And, if you have an antique car with thick wire (4 gauge) you'll know that it's difficult to find terminals that will take anything more than 8 gauge. I can't say enough good things about this product, it's a must buy for anyone serious about their car !

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Very professional looking terminal installation is simple and the digital voltage read is a definite plus. if your tired of trying to hook up multiple amps to that stock terminal this is the answer!!

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This unit has been on my diesel Suburban for about a month, and performs flawlessly. It was a pain to install, as the ground wire is only 22~24 AWG, and very short. I had to strip about an inch of wire and loop it multiple times to get a good splice connection without putting too much pressure on my connector and totally severing the line.