Vaseline is great, but I wouldn't put it on all "exposed metal surfaces', though. The battery parts themselves (the lead) never have a problem, so just the copper and the bolting hardware need the treatment.
R. Walters [email protected] Solar Engineer On Dec 1, 2009, at 4:00 PM, Richard L Ratico wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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
