Battery connection

Hi all,

I'm new to this and would appreciate some help on how to connect a battery on a 5" gauge locomotive. The photo (see link) shows the connection to the motor/controller on the left and the battery (and its terminals) on the right. Can anyone please advise what type of connection/wire I need for this? Many thanks in advance

**LINK** - link to photo.

Matt

Welcome, Matthew

Those connectors were originally known as 'Lucar' [Trade Name] but are more commonly just Spade Terminals.

... Any automotive parts supplier should have them in stock.

MichaelG.

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http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=lucar+connectors

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 23/01/2015 20:45:51

Matthew...

i belive the connectors are Anderson type connector. Try **LINK**

If do a search on eBay for Anderson connectors I think you will find what you want. The battery connections are as Michael has indicated. The other name for them are Spade connectors or Fast on.

John

As a point of interest what size is your battery and motor/s, I ask as my electric shunter runs a pair of 38amp hour batteries with bolt on connectors supplying 3 x 150 watt motors. I worked on the current the motors were likely to pull say 12 amps ish so the batteries should give a two/three hours of running or may be a bit more with regen braking.

I would use normal spade connectors to connect that battery and fit a isolating switch so the batteries can be isolated easily should a problem arise.

Bob

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Thanks for the extra info., John

I was, of course, only referring to the battery connection.

MichaelG.

Look like Power Pole connectors see Here