Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Raptor PBT10N Negative Battery Terminal

Raptor PBT10N Negative Battery Terminal
  • Platinum-look finish
  • 24K gold-plated hardware
  • Insulating clear cover
  • Insulated clear cover
  • Ensures easy installation

I used this terminal for a start to car audio and it worked great and did what I wanted it to do.

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I should have been suspecious when an earlier reviewer commented on the product not fitting the negative battery terminal. However, I have purchased other Raptor terminals with no problems so why question this one. I was wrong. It DOESN'T fit! Amazing! I also had the set screw break while trying to tighten it.

POST SCRIPT: Today I decided to see what I could do to fix the terminal with the broken set screw. First of all I should mention that I purchased two sets of terminals for my dual-battery Ford diesel truck. When I sheared off the screw on the first terminal, I thought I should wait and figure out how to handle it with Amazon. However, since I needed my truck I couldn't wait. Hence the decision to see if I could fix it. (Note that I had already sawed off the battery cables from the stock terminals so using them was not an option.)

First, I tried to extract the broken screw... no luck with that.

Second, a "last resort" option given the nice design of the terminal I drilled through and use a conventional bolt. U G L Y!!! Problem solved.

Ok, now for the other terminal. I did try once again to tighten it and see if it worked, but this time I was extra careful. Nope... this one was loose too! Then I had an idea. What if the set screw was too long? Or the hole not deep enough? One M6 lock washer under the screw head later and IT WORKED! Take note Raptor and fix your tooling.

After this experience I decided to upgrade the rating from one star to three. It could easily have been 4 stars except for the hastle I went through.

NOW I need to contact Amazon to see if I can get a replacement for the one I "modified". Somehow I think I'm stuck with it. We'll see!

Another observation which is common with other Raptor terminals is that the wire holes have a "shoulder" inside the hole which makes it very difficult to install the wires without some of the wire braids hanging up. I solved the problem by using a die grinder and removing the shoulder. No problems after that.

GOOD LUCK!!!

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Yeah its very pretty but it wouldnt tighten on my battery terminal and the bolt to tighten it to the battery terminal broke with a hand held tool not a power tool.

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The terminal works fine the only problem is the plastic cover doesn't snap securely on. It seems like a big bump might knock the cover lose

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