smkettner wrote:
Did you determine the cause of the corrosion issue or just clean it up?
The cause of corrosion is a chemical reaction, between the fumes being put out by the battery, and the elements the battery connector is made out of. The same things that make copper a great electrical conductor, a +3 ionic state element, also make it very reactive with other elements to react to, oxidize and corrode. Old batteries off gas more, release more Hydrogen, Oxygen and Sulfur out of the vents. That free oxygen "oxidizes" or burns, or reacts with everything and anything near it, including exposed battery terminals with poor ventilation.
If you are getting corrosion on your terminals, you have a ventilation problem, or a battery that is getting old and on it's way out... it also probably is consuming water at a higher than original or normal state, due to all the off gassing.
