Battery terminal advice

[rusty nut garage]

vaseline is cheap and works just as well as the dielectric grease for this particular application.

quote:Originally posted by tomnoller

Pretty chilly here today, so I decided to take the 57 out for a newspaper run and had to dittle around with cleaning battery terminals at the grocery. (Don't we all love making parking lot repairs when it's just under freezing?)

Got me to thinking as I was wire brushing things down, back when I was in HS and worked p/t at a gas station, the old mechanic there insisted on using wheel bearing grease on the battery posts, saying it kept down corrosion. It kept out the air, that's for sure and in FL where I lived at the time, it was salt air.

Does anyone use a slather of something to keep the rusticles away?

Russ Shop Foreman "Rusty Nut Garage"
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[DEEPNHOCK]

I must have been thinking of the heavy metal rock band 'Lithium'

quote:Originally posted by gordr

<snip>
By the way, lithium is a light metal. In fact, it's the lightest of all metals.

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[Guest]

Like I always say; "If ya can't beat 'em, lithium."

...wait, I never said that.

[kurtruk]

quote:Originally posted by dean pearson

Speaking of Jeff's old school tricks,
My grandfather allways left a penny on top of his battery.
He said the copper would attract the corrosion before anything else and just replace the penny as needed.

Is that B.S. or have any of you heard the same thing?

Dean.

Of course back in the day those pennies were copper.[^] Today's are just zinc with a flash of color on the outside.[V] Now what do we do?[?] Raid the old penny collection book?[:0]
Really---how would zinc work in this application?

KURTRUK
(read it backwards)




Nothing is politically right which is morally wrong. -A. Lincoln

[Lark Hunter]

Anybody have any corrosion problems with batteries such as the Delco Freedom, Optima, or anything else that doesn't habitually seep acid? I've had no terminal corrosion whatsoever with either of the above.
As far as the penny thing goes, I'll be making the rounds at Glendale next spring, collecting all the pennies off battery tops when y'all park with your hoods up. Think of it as my idea of a get rich quick scheme. That is, until the acid soaked currency eats a hole in my pocket.[B)] LH

Straight from the horse's mouth

[buddymander]

Pity the fools puttin quarters on their batterys!

[Clem64]

I have used plain old chasis lube on battery terminals to prevent corrosion for a long time and it seems to work. The down side is that I somehow also manage to get it on myself at times while doing stuff under the hood[:I]. In my earliest motoring days I used just plain old 30wt. motor oil, but after a while it starts to mess up the battery post area.

Dean




CLEM DESEE MISTY

[buddymander]

motor oil would prolly run down and do the tray some good..

[StudeRich]

quote:Originally posted by dean pearson

Speaking of Jeff's old school tricks,
My grandfather allways left a penny on top of his battery.
He said the copper would attract the corrosion before anything else and just replace the penny as needed.
Is that B.S. or have any of you heard the same thing? Dean.

Ya hafta member guys, Grandpa's Batteries were TAR TOP type, so the pennies were not going anywhere!

And his Pennies were real Copper, like Jeff said: what worked then may not NOW! [:0]

StudeRich

[PlainBrownR2]

Yall don't mess with the old style water heaters much do ya? Check you're sacrificial anode, it should have zinc embedded in it. It's also one valuable piece of metal(If you can get it out successfully) when it comes time to scrap it). I think my point is, even with the zinc, I don't see why it wouldn't, if it really does work.... [}

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[leyrret]

I seem to remember from some source years ago that stated not to use chassis grease on battery terminals as it contains metal that can cause minuet current drain. Unused could result in a dead or weak battery over time. The use of petroleum jelly insulates the terminal as it contains no conducting material.

[Invalid User Name]

quote:Originally posted by leyrret

I seem to remember from some source years ago that stated not to use chassis grease on battery terminals as it contains metal that can cause minuet current drain. Unused could result in a dead or weak battery over time. The use of petroleum jelly insulates the terminal as it contains no conducting material.

This one confuses me. Current drain to where? current must flow in a path from a negative charge to a positive charge. Where would the metal in the grease cause the current to flow to?



Doug
Venice, Florida
1950 Champion 9G F1

[Invalid User Name]

I can't believe no one wants to argue about the direction of the flow of electricity. Sheesh!!!



Doug
Venice, Florida
1950 Champion 9G F1

[jclary]

quote:Originally posted by Invalid User Name

I can't believe no one wants to argue about the direction of the flow of electricity. Sheesh!!!

Doug
Venice, Florida
1950 Champion 9G F1

[Johnnywiffer]

quote:Originally posted by Invalid User Name

I can't believe no one wants to argue about the direction of the flow of electricity. Sheesh!!!

Wots the prob? Everyone knows it flows from + to -. NOT!

John