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Re: (ET) battery terminal question
I'm not encouraging anyone to go this route, but just wanted to pass along
my experience with AGM batteries.
I just removed (13) Odyssey 65Ah batteries for my 65 Datsun truck, in
preparation for a Lithium transplant.
One thing I noticed is that there was no corrosion anywhere. This included
the standard automotive clamps at the batteries, in addition to the Magna
lug connections at the main fuse and other connections.
When I installed these 4.5 years ago, I didn't use any kind of terminal
grease. I made sure every connection was solid, and I used a good quality
shrink wrap at every joint.
Last night I was modifying one of my cables for the new layout, and was
amazed that the old connection at the fuse still looked brand new.
I know the flooded batteries are a different animal, but wanted to pass
this along.
Just an F.Y.I.
Thanks;
Dennis
Elsberry, MO
http://www.evalbum.com/1366 ;
http://evalbum.com/3715 ;
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Antonucci [mailto:jlantonucci comcast net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 6:05 PM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) battery terminal question
I would think adding any other metallic material in there could cause
excessive resistance heating and possibly a fire.
On 3/4/2014 11:15 AM, Neil Dennis wrote:
> Once upon a time there was a mold that could be used to recast the
> terminal, have no idea if they are still around. Had that done by a
> battery service guy when I melted the terminal on the tractor once.
>
> Wonder, if you cut away most of the terminal, put a clamp over the
> rest with maybe a piece of pop can as a liner inside and recast it if
> that would work ???
>
> wombat
>
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