Battery Jumper Clamps

A battery jumper clamp is an alligator-type connection clamp attached to the end of a battery jumper cable that grips the battery terminal post with its spring-loaded jaws. It provides a temporary connection that can be removed and reattached on jumper cables used to start a vehicle with a dead battery from another battery, and on battery charging connections. This category includes Konsan's copper-plated and cadmium-plated models with HWA codes, red and black single clamps, and sets containing both colors. Choose the clamp according to the cross-section and current of the jumper cable you will connect, the jaw plating, the terminal color, and whether it is sold single or as a set. Because the current rating and compatible cable cross-section are not in the product data, verify this information before ordering. The red clamp distinguishes the positive terminal connection and the black clamp the negative; on models sold as sets, one sales unit is a set made up of a red and a black clamp. Despite the word pliers in its name, this product is not a crimping tool that crushes ferrules or lugs; it is the connection part left at the end of the cable.

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