I assume by pigtail you mean the typical thing that comes with a battery minder - a piece with two ring terminals to be connected to the battery posts, and another end with the negative terminal as an exposed male pin and the positive as a recessed female socket - and then the wire from the battery minder itself has a matching plug.
I use a "permanent" pigtail and leave the battery minder connected to the plane through the oil door. Otherwise you would have to remove the top cowl to use the battery minder with clamps. If you want to make the pigtail safer, cut the positive wire and insert an inline fuse as close as possible to the battery ring terminal end.
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Bill H, RV12, N412BR "Sweetie", Skyview-equipped, KASL Marshall TX
Last edited by Bill_H : 07-20-2015 at 10:07 PM.
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