Should i apply battery protector on terminals?
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Originally Posted By: Artem
Originally Posted By: boostedtsiawd
This lil packet they gave me at autozone its says battery terminal and cable protector. Battery Protector
I've been using this plus the little rings around the terminals for years. Zero issues with corrosion.
I vote the use of a dedicated product designed for the job. All other "home remedies" and "redneck backyard special lubes" are silly, IMO. A $1 for a tiny packet of battery terminal protectant can be used on three cars! You've got to be crazy to use anything else your grandpa told you to use when they didn't have any dedicated product like this back in the 50s.
+1 Artem , I always recommend this to my customers. Protects the batteries and me dealing with angry customers 2 years down the road.
Originally Posted By: boostedtsiawd
This lil packet they gave me at autozone its says battery terminal and cable protector. Battery Protector
I've been using this plus the little rings around the terminals for years. Zero issues with corrosion.
I vote the use of a dedicated product designed for the job. All other "home remedies" and "redneck backyard special lubes" are silly, IMO. A $1 for a tiny packet of battery terminal protectant can be used on three cars! You've got to be crazy to use anything else your grandpa told you to use when they didn't have any dedicated product like this back in the 50s.
+1 Artem , I always recommend this to my customers. Protects the batteries and me dealing with angry customers 2 years down the road.
Wheel bearing grease.
In addition to blocking the oxygen (which prevents oxidation, eh) it has rust and corrosion inhibitors. If you think about it, grease in a bearing has to deal with a lot, knowing nobody is going to come along and service it.
Vasoline and dielectric grease blocks the oxygen, but it doesn't have additives in it to deal with what's already there.
If you try to go fancy (marine grease, EP grease) they don't work as well. I don't like the idea of copper anti-seize; it has copper in it, a very good conductor, and is meant to be effective at very high temps, where nothing else on the shelf works.
In addition to blocking the oxygen (which prevents oxidation, eh) it has rust and corrosion inhibitors. If you think about it, grease in a bearing has to deal with a lot, knowing nobody is going to come along and service it.
Vasoline and dielectric grease blocks the oxygen, but it doesn't have additives in it to deal with what's already there.
If you try to go fancy (marine grease, EP grease) they don't work as well. I don't like the idea of copper anti-seize; it has copper in it, a very good conductor, and is meant to be effective at very high temps, where nothing else on the shelf works.
The rings work for me, and you don't want insulation between the terminal and post in a high current application like a battery. Copper anti seize is sort of the best of both, just avoid a path between the positive terminal and ground or you may get leakage. I've stuck a DVM into the stuff and it isn't real conductive.
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Marine greases use a calcium sulfonate thickener, which is also an anti-rust agent. I'm not sure how it behaves with battery chemistry.
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