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A lead terminal post extending upward through the top of an insulator wall of a battery includes a plurality of flat vertical sides fused continuously from its top to below the top of the insulator wall, to a harder, metallic, cap having a plurality of flat vertical sides. The metallic cap is covere

A lead terminal post extending upward through the top of an insulator wall of a battery includes a plurality of flat vertical sides fused continuously from its top to below the top of the insulator wall, to a harder, metallic, cap having a plurality of flat vertical sides. The metallic cap is covered with a plastic cap that extends below the metallic cap, below the top of the insulator wall, and is sealed to the insulator wall. A terminal bar having parallel walls extends from a flat wall of the cap, through the plastic cap, normal to the flat wall, and contains a removably mounted connector having a leaf spring connection with the terminal bar and an element within the connector adjacent to and connected to the leaf spring, that prevents horizontal rotation of the connector on the bar. A plastic overseal on the connector makes a seal with the plastic cap when the connector is fully mounted on the terminal bar. The terminal bar may be a dedicated electrically negative terminal for carrying starter current, and may have a connector fastener.

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A battery terminal system comprising: a battery housing comprising an insulator panel having a top side and a bottom side, a lead terminal post being solid, having an outer surface, a top end and a bottom end, said bottom end being connected in said housing to a bus, said terminal post extending thr

A battery terminal system comprising: a battery housing comprising an insulator panel having a top side and a bottom side, a lead terminal post being solid, having an outer surface, a top end and a bottom end, said bottom end being connected in said housing to a bus, said terminal post extending through said bottom side and said top side of said insulator panel of said battery, a metallic cap being a unitary continuous element harder than lead and having an electrical resistance/cm at least as low as that of lead, cup shaped, having a top and a bottom, covering said lead terminal post from over said top end of said terminal post to below said top side of said insulator and being fused directly to the outer surface of said terminal post below said top side of said insulator panel, and a stiff terminal bar extending from said metallic cap being an integrally formed portion of said unitary continuous element.