[RE-wrenches] battery venting; Corrosion

[bob ellison]

I have had great luck by heating Vaseline to the hot liquid state then brush
it on all the exposed lead and I dip the cable ends also. 
Doing this I have had 1 terminal that got corroded out of several hundreds.

That gets you a thin coat and lasts for years.
"Clean and tight" is nice but it gets corroded at some point, and I hate
cleaning 1 terminal or 20!

Later,
Bob Ellison


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Larry
Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 10:37 AM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] battery venting; Corrosion

Almost all RV's have a small, poorly vented battery box with 4 GC2
batteries. We see corrosion all the time. When we replace batteries, we use
zinc coated copper terminals and apply a thin layer of grease with a
toothbrush to every exposed portion of the connectors. This simple step,
with the occasional reapplication, keeps all terminals as fresh as the day
installed for many years. I am speaking from experience of hundreds of
installations. 

Larry Crutcher
Starlight Solar Power Systems