[RE-wrenches] cleaning battery caps

[Brian Teitelbaum]

Jay,

I would first soak them in a water/baking soda solution to neutralize any acid trapped inside.

They I would use a bath of a mild detergent (dishwashing detergent is probably fine), shaking them through the solution to wash the gunk out. It might take several batches of water/detergent solution to get them really clean. The friction of the internal balls against each other and the inside of the chamber should scrub them well enough.

Then I would soak/swish them through a bath of distilled water, with maybe a final flowing rinse of distilled water.

You really want to make sure that no baking soda or detergent residue remains. If it does, it will find its way into the cells. Definitely not good.

Brian Teitelbaum
AEE Solar



-----Original Message-----
From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of jay peltz
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 5:31 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: [RE-wrenches] cleaning battery caps

Yea weird.

I've got a client who wants to clean his water miser battery caps, they are filled with battery "scum"

He thinks and seems right to me that they are not working as well as they used to, and I dont know what to tell him

Any ideas?

thanks,

jay





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