What should you use to clean battery cables?
12-07-2011, 11:40 AM
#1
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Hemet, CA
Posts: 1,601
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
What should you use to clean battery cables?
I noticed my battery cables on one side are starting to build up? WIre brush and then spray on that red cable conditioning stuff? Thanks!
12-08-2011, 06:51 PM
#7
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 308
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Be careful with the coke, I dropped a can by my truck and it sprung a leak and sprayed coke on the front fender. I cleaned it off right away with a hose but didn't get it all and now I have 3 spots the size of an eraser down to bare metal.
Trending Topics
12-11-2011, 11:24 AM
#8
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Posts: 1,409
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes
on
2 Posts
Oddly enough, I have noticed this truck developes batery corrosion quicker than any vehicle I'v ever owned.
I use the felt pads and the spray, and I still need to clean it every year or so.
I use the felt pads and the spray, and I still need to clean it every year or so.
12-11-2011, 12:15 PM
#9
Registered User
That's often a result of a battery that isn't sealed properly around the posts. It might be time for replacements before you have to replace cables too.
12-11-2011, 08:15 PM
#11
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 1,303
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I like to cover my terminals in grease, like a chassis grease used for ball joints or u-joints. I've been using it on semi tractors for years with great results.
12-12-2011, 11:06 PM
#12
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
Posts: 625
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The cabling itself, or the terminals?
For the cables use any mechanis handcleaner.
For the terminals, after cleaning them use NO-ALOX (Home Depot, etc). You'll never have corrosion again. Just re-do every 4-years or so. Use batt clean brush/tool to get mating surfaces correct, use N-A, install, and wipe off excess.
Be sure to knead package contents thoroughly. Also can use in incandescent fixture bases. Don't slop around. It improves conductivity.
For the cables use any mechanis handcleaner.
For the terminals, after cleaning them use NO-ALOX (Home Depot, etc). You'll never have corrosion again. Just re-do every 4-years or so. Use batt clean brush/tool to get mating surfaces correct, use N-A, install, and wipe off excess.
Be sure to knead package contents thoroughly. Also can use in incandescent fixture bases. Don't slop around. It improves conductivity.
12-12-2011, 11:07 PM
#13
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
Posts: 625
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The cabling itself, or the terminals?
For the cables use any mechanis handcleaner.
For the terminals, after cleaning them use NO-ALOX (Home Depot, etc). You'll never have corrosion again. Just re-do every 4-years or so. Use batt clean brush/tool to get mating surfaces correct, use N-A, install, and wipe off excess.
Be sure to knead package contents thoroughly. Also can use in incandescent fixture bases. Don't slop around. It improves conductivity.
.
For the cables use any mechanis handcleaner.
For the terminals, after cleaning them use NO-ALOX (Home Depot, etc). You'll never have corrosion again. Just re-do every 4-years or so. Use batt clean brush/tool to get mating surfaces correct, use N-A, install, and wipe off excess.
Be sure to knead package contents thoroughly. Also can use in incandescent fixture bases. Don't slop around. It improves conductivity.
.
12-13-2011, 12:32 PM
#14
Registered User
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
bigjohn92
1st Gen. Ram - All Topics
2
04-24-2013 03:49 AM
BRUISER
1st Gen. Ram - All Topics
5
06-05-2007 03:04 PM
