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.
============================================================================ ============================================================================ === -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] 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. > > William Miller _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change email address & 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] Change email address & 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] Change email address & 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
