[RE-wrenches] Battery Terminal Connections

[John]

Hasn't anyone heard of LanoCote - it is a CRC product and use it instead of
Vaseline.  Its better than Vaseline, lanolin-based and anyone in the marine
industry should carry some.  Available in a 500 ml plastic container or as a
spray can.
Disclaimer - no kick-backs were obtained by promoting this product........
Cheers - John V from sunny N.Z.

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[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of
penobscotsolar at midmaine.com
Sent: Tuesday, 2 April 2013 12:08 p.m.
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Terminal Connections

And I would second, third and fourth Alan, Ray and William's
recommendations.Stainless steel flat washers on both sides of the terminal
with a split washer and vaseline coating have kept almost all of our battery
banks trouble free over the last twenty five years. We provide each customer
a laminated "battery care sheet" for the top of the battery box. It includes
watering instructions, "clean, bright and tight"
recommendations for the hardware,yearly cleaning of the battery top surface
with warm water, being sure to keep the battery tops tight, and also
recommendations of a yearly wipe down and re-application of a thin coat of
vaseline. This advice has kept us remarkably service call free on our
battery based systems (about 180 or so in Maine and the Caribbean)

Daryl


> Friends:
>
> In my opinion, the single most important procedure is to put a flat 
> washer between the bolt head and the lead flag.
>
> Many, many times I have seen the bolt head sink into the flag, 
> loosening the connection.  You know it has happened because the lead 
> moves in around the bolt threads and makes the bolt difficult to 
> remove.  I saw this twice last week, both with systems we installed, 
> using hardware provided by the manufacturer that did not include flat 
> washers.  We now provide the flat washers and use lock washers as well.
>
> Second most important procedure:  clean, shiny, metal-to-metal 
> connections, torqued before any coating is applied.
>
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