Charge Adapter

Charge Adapter
by RebelTaz

I made this for a customer. He had a small Polaris ATV with a charge connector on it, but he didn't have a battery charger that would plug into it. He did have a battery tender with clips on it, though, so rather than buy a new charger just for this, I modeled this adapter in FreeCAD.

To assemble it, you'll need the connector to which you are adapting (obviously) with ~3mm wires attached as well as two each 1/4"-20 bolts (3/4" long), nuts and washers. Run the wires up through the two holes on the top half. Strip about an inch and a half and pull the wires down until the insulation is just below the surface. Make a hoop in the bare wire around the bolt hole. Lay the wires in the grooves and put the top and bottom halves together. Slide the positiveCap over the end that will be the positive side. For both sides, run a bolt through a washer, the wire hoop, the two halves and a nut - in that order - and tighten down, sandwiching the wire between the washe