Perhaps off topic, it's been said here previously by others, but is worth repeating, good old Vaseline, coating all exposed metal surfaces at battery terminals, totally eliminates the corrosion issue. It's benign, inexpensive and available everywhere.
Dick Solarwind Electric --- You wrote: Yes, especially with flooded batteries where the posts are much more subject to corrosion. I am getting too old and decrepit to get out in the field much anymore, but in the past I have seen complete strings basically isolated by bad cross connections, usually (but not always) due to corrosion at the terminals. In extreme instances I have seen cross connect cables totally gone at the cable/lug connection point - nothing but green powder. With multiple batteries and banks, correct cabling and connections become much more important, because they may not show up until too late. With a single series string it is usually obvious if something goes bad, but with multiples not so much. Sometimes you have no choice but to use large strings, but I have seen installations where 60+ 42 amp-hour batteries were strung together, because they were "cheap". --- end of quote --- _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: [email protected] Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
