Stranded cables [RE-wrenches]

[Windy Dankoff, Dankoff Solar]

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>I don't treat the posts at all other than polishing them with a wire 
>brush prior to bolting the cables on. I figure that sooner or later 
>you've got to clean the posts anyway and with goop, you've got a 
>bigger mess. I am a believer in Hydrocaps, however, which keep the 
>tops and posts of the batteries MUCH cleaner, especially if you kick 
>up the finish CC voltage pretty high which I usually do.

If you don't coat the terminals, you had BETTER use Hydrocaps! I've 
always used vaseline, giving every metallic surface a thin coating, 
BEFORE assembly. That way, hopefully, every crevice of the junction 
is sealed from spatter. Vaseline is considered to introduce little or 
no resistance (it squeezes out of the way). I have seen vaselined 
battery connections still clean after 15 years, with maybe a few 
spots of corrosion beginning to form.

Windy

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