Battery acid dripping on floor pan
Hello everyone, I have a pile of white dried battery acid building up on the floor under a + cable. I thought maybe someone might have a suggestion as to what to do here. I had the RV shop look at thi...
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The white stuff is not "white dried battery acid," it is the corroded metal. Battery acid is a liquid at room temperature, and will not dry. It actually will pull moisture from the air, so it gets wetter, instead of drying. That said, it is evidence that corrosion is going on.
Couple things you can do. One is to see if it is coming from somewhere, usually this would be the terminals on the top/side of the battery where the battery cables hook on. Any auto parts store sells battery terminal corrosion inhibitors, little felt pads, usually colored red and green, and the deal is you remove and clean the battery cable clamps from the terminals, slip the felt pad (gotta make sure you get the right one on the right terminal), then reinstall the cable clamp.
You can also remove the corrosion and rust with water and maybe a wire brush, then throw down a coat of some auto primer to help prevent more forming. Couple coats of primer and finish off with a coat of regular paint, and you should be good to go.
Couple things you can do. One is to see if it is coming from somewhere, usually this would be the terminals on the top/side of the battery where the battery cables hook on. Any auto parts store sells battery terminal corrosion inhibitors, little felt pads, usually colored red and green, and the deal is you remove and clean the battery cable clamps from the terminals, slip the felt pad (gotta make sure you get the right one on the right terminal), then reinstall the cable clamp.
You can also remove the corrosion and rust with water and maybe a wire brush, then throw down a coat of some auto primer to help prevent more forming. Couple coats of primer and finish off with a coat of regular paint, and you should be good to go.
