Battery clamp for use with top post and side post batteries and methods for using the same

A battery clamp for use with (a) batteries with top post terminal connections and (b) batteries with side post terminal connections, comprising:

• a first jaw handle and a second jaw handle, the jaw handles each having a handle portion and a clamping portion, the jaw handles being pivotally coupled to each other, the jaw handles being biased with the clamping portions being in a substantially closed position, the clamping portions being configured to be coupled to a top-post terminal of a top-post battery;
• a jaw member insulator coupled to the clamping portion of the first jaw handle;
• a jaw member coupled to the jaw member insulator, the jaw member being electrically insulated from the first and the second jaw handles;
• and
• a side post adapter, the side post adapter being coupled to the handle portion of the second jaw handle, the side post adapter including a load pad and a volt rod, the load pad having an aperture therein, a portion of the volt rod protruding through the aperture of the load pad.