yes Virden is right .. KISS I was going to write the same message but it has been said .. I use this on ly alarm system batts and in my cars .. but I don't use the condom . that would look really funny under the hood and in the alarm pannels .. ummm maybe I should put it in the pannels .. umm still in there wrappers .. hehe =:)
All the best Rick On 6 Jan 2004 at 0:15, Virden Clark Beckman wrote: > It will be hard to do and maintain the system in battery working order > while you work on it, the easiest way to clean the terminals is soak > in baking soda/water solution - you may have to swirl them around in a > kids bucket of the mixture to activate the soda enhancing the cleaning > into the threads. Once you get things cleaned up apply vaseline, pure > petroleum jelly no coagulants or colorants, wipe some on the underside > of the terminals and once tightened in place wipe a little extra over > the top - now the fun part. To be sure nobody has been doing off-hour > experiments place a condom over each one to further slow the > oxidation, I am imagining a whole new thread to this part - but the > idea is keep-it-simply-simple. Forget the extra thread on color, scent > and all that nonsense. > > Tim Shephard wrote: > > > > A 911 console that I maintain has developed some corrosion on the > > battery terminals. > > > > What is the best way to clean the terminals and what do I put on > > them to keep this from happening again? > > > > Thanks > > > > -Tim > > > > -- > 73...Clark Beckman N8PZD > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > Rick Szajkowski VA3 RZS Charlotte Darby VA3 CMR Node Owners of IRLP Node 2120 Lakefield Ont Canada Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

