[RE-wrenches] Battery Terminal Connections

[Bill Loesch]

Hi John,

I believe NOCO produces a product called QuikCote which appears to be 
something like Vaseline blended with baking soda. Isn't NoOx the trade 
or generic name for the coating properly applied between approved 
junctions of copper and aluminum?

In addition to the "magic mystery ingredient" isn't the principle that 
if you exclude air (oxygen) from the material, you prevent oxidation 
(corrosion)? If that is the case and lacking any of the above commercial 
products, would not axle grease or fish oil (reportedly the base 
ingredient of WD40) also accomplish the corrosion prevention aspect 
better than leaving that desired "clean, bright, and tight" connection 
"unprotected".

Thanks also to another list member for the heat gun (hair dryer) tip to 
get the coating into all the little crevices.

Bill Loesch
Solar 1 - Saint Louis Solar

On 01-Apr-13 6:26 PM, John wrote:
> 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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> 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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