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AikenRacer
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Jul 12, 2015

Class A battery maintenance

Just got back from a trip. Had to repair our golf cart. While doing so, my buddy said you need to clean your batteries. We sprayed them with battery cleaner and then rinsed them off. All signs of corrosion are gone and they look brand new. I will next spray protectorant on the terminals. I have two racks of batteries in the mh. I am thinking about spraying both sets with the cleaner and then rinsing off with a water hose like we did the golf cart. Once this was done I was gonna set up a small fan to blow into the battery compartment to aid in drying the batterys, rack, etc. Water will not hit any electrical components, only the batteries, battery wires and the rack system. Does anyone see any harm in doing this??
  • NeverHome2 wrote:
    Does part of your cleaning process include taking the terminals off, cleaning the terminals, and putting dielectric grease on them? If so, then you should be good to go!


    x2. Clean the terminals. The corrosion on the terminals is what causes most of the problems.
    Clean them and coat with dielectric grease or something similar.

    Have you ever read The 12 Volt Side of Life?
  • Does part of your cleaning process include taking the terminals off, cleaning the terminals, and putting dielectric grease on them? If so, then you should be good to go!
  • as long as inverter/converter/solar controller is not involved in getting wet

    no problem, my batteries in the OEM bay behind the rear wheels get filthy
    i spray them everytime i wash the RV