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Acid Corrosion in Battery Tray
Yahoo Message Number: 136173
My battery tray has been hard, to impossible, to slide out so with much work I was able to get the tray open.  I found moisture on top of the batteries and cleaned it off with a paper towel and the moisture did not eat holes in the towel.  I might add I have a Pro Flow battery water tender and the screw downs seem to be very tight.  I then removed the batteries and found, at no surprise, the slides and battery compartment pretty well corroded with battery acid.  There is no corrosion at any place on the battery that I can see.  Did not get a great look at the bottom, but with my gloves I ran my hands underneath.  These batteries--Trojan 105- are about 1 1/2 years old. I also have a battery tender-1or2 amps- that comes one for 1 hour every 24 hours.
 My questions to you are what is the best product(s) to use to clean the slides, tray and compartment and what would you suggest I do to stop the corrosion.  Assuming the corrosion will return if I do nothing.

Thanks for any info you can supply.
Re: Acid Corrosion in Battery Tray
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Yahoo Message Number: 136174
"kirkjrk"  wrote: My questions to you are what is the best product(s) to use to clean the slides, tray and compartment and what would you suggest I do to stop the corrosion.
--- Try about a half-cup of baking soda in a quart or so of warm water in a bucket; this solution works well to clean and neutralize corrosion from battery acid spills. I used blue shop towels to "sop and mop" (obviously, the cells are capped when cleaning the battery and compartment!) and wore chemical-resistant gloves; battery acid and skin are not good companions. Preventing further corrosion usually involves making sure that the cell caps are tight and that there's no electrolyte spill-over when checking or filling the batteries.

YMMV, but I'd keep the baking soda handy. ;-)

Joan
2003 TK has a new home
 
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Yahoo Message Number: 136177
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"kirkjrk"  wrote: My questions to you are what is the best product(s) to use to clean the slides, tray and compartment and what would you suggest I do to stop the corrosion.
--- Try about a half-cup of baking soda in a quart or so of warm water in a bucket; this solution works well to clean and neutralize corrosion from battery acid spills.
Like Joan said, and more so.
 I did it this way:  A box of baking soda and just enough water to make a slurry.  Smear is everywhere in the box using a throw-away brush. Then rinse off with lots of water.
 The acid  will be neutralized and in my case the metalwork was clean and the slide works better than ever.
 Apply that red stuff (whatever it's called) to terminals, and lube the slide.

John