Disconnecting Cleaning Bat Cables & Terminals
I'm seeing a white powder at the bottom of the battery tray as well as some around the cable/terminals. I've taken pictures of the ( 4 ) 6 volts and ( 2 ) 12 volts so I know where to return the cable...
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2ndhom,
Well Sir, I did just what you're thinking of a couple of years back. But, when I got done cleaning both house and chassis battery trays and repainting them, when it came time to re-installing the cables and "parasitic" wires that were attached to both the negatives and positives of both the house and chassis batteries, I removed ALL of those parasitic wires and placed them on independent lugs and or, grounds.
That way, if and when I have to service any of those batteries, I won't have to deal with a zillion extra wires while cleaning/servicing them. You can get an insulated positive battery lug that's mountable to the side frame of the battery area at most auto parts stores. As for the grounds, I simply drilled the battery framing towards the rear of both house and chassis batteries and installed all those small, pain in the a... wires to those points.
Now, it's much easier to check water levels, clean the battery tops, check specific gravity, and any other maintenance that might be needed on a regular basis. As for some of yours, could they be Solar? Well, without some additional info, that's hard to say from this end.
Below is a couple of pics of the before and after. The re-mount of the grounds are kind of hard to see but, it you look at the right side of the batteries, you'll see them attached to the battery frame area. Good luck.
Scott
Well Sir, I did just what you're thinking of a couple of years back. But, when I got done cleaning both house and chassis battery trays and repainting them, when it came time to re-installing the cables and "parasitic" wires that were attached to both the negatives and positives of both the house and chassis batteries, I removed ALL of those parasitic wires and placed them on independent lugs and or, grounds.
That way, if and when I have to service any of those batteries, I won't have to deal with a zillion extra wires while cleaning/servicing them. You can get an insulated positive battery lug that's mountable to the side frame of the battery area at most auto parts stores. As for the grounds, I simply drilled the battery framing towards the rear of both house and chassis batteries and installed all those small, pain in the a... wires to those points.
Now, it's much easier to check water levels, clean the battery tops, check specific gravity, and any other maintenance that might be needed on a regular basis. As for some of yours, could they be Solar? Well, without some additional info, that's hard to say from this end.
Below is a couple of pics of the before and after. The re-mount of the grounds are kind of hard to see but, it you look at the right side of the batteries, you'll see them attached to the battery frame area. Good luck.
Scott
