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Of battery terminals & grease
On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 11:35:43 AM UTC-7, micky wrote:
> > I wouldn't use non-conductive grease on a battery post because the > connection will not always be as tight as it should be. > > They sell small envelopes of dielectric grease at the parts counter of > consumer autoparts stores, like Pep Boys, Autozone. > You don't recommend non-conductive grease but recommend dielectric grease? A dielectric is non-conductive, by definition. |
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Of battery terminals & grease
I don't go anywhere near my batteries with baking soda. I don't let
mountains of oxide build up, either. Put grease on after assembling connections. It is to keep air out. Flux brush and petroleum jelly. Whatever. On 02/26/2015 12:52 PM, m II wrote: > On 15-02-24 11:36 AM, Fester Bestertester wrote: > >> Are they nuts? Grease between terminal elements? >> >> What grease--if any--is best, inside or outside the terminal connection? > > The only purpose of the grease is to keep the elements out of the > connection. Clean terminals and clamps thoroughly. Use baking soda mixed > in water if there is any encrustation and keep the resulting froth out > of the battery cells. Dry with a paper towel then smear everything with > Vaseline and reassemble. Tighten. wipe any excess forced out Vaseline > off. It's worked for thousands of users for the last few eons. A few > posters seem to think 'dielectric grease' means conducting...it doesn't. > > In the electrical field there is an anti-oxidant grease called No-Alox > or Penetrox. It's a greasy paste with what may be metallic particles in > it. The only purpose of that is the same as above..it keeps > moisture/oxygen out of the joint to prevent aluminium or copper oxides > from forming. Those are non-conductors, as is the anti-oxidant paste itself. > > > > mike > > > |
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