Magnetic Flux
Jim Knox, 91 Dak
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Barnes" <rascal@scrtc.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:04 PM
Subject: DML: RE: Re: Weird battery corrosion!
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> Agree with JK, and all that dissimilar metals stuff that causes
> corrosion...
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> On a whole other thought, has anyone heard from Bernd?
> Rascal
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of JAMES KNOX
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 9:32 PM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: DML: Re: Weird battery corrosion!
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> Perhaps dampness created a circuit or sulfuric acid fumes.
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> Jim Knox, 91 Dak
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon" <jon@dakota-truck.net>
> To: <dml@dakota-truck.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 4:30 PM
> Subject: DML: Weird battery corrosion!
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>> Yesterday, I finally took a few minutes to wade through the barn to
>> the front of the Cuda and Dak in order to hook 'em up to trickle
>> chargers.
>> I opened the hood of the Cuda and was greeted with a strange sight...
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>> The hood pins don't have the retaining wires attached to them, they
>> are just loose. When I had parked the car, I just set them on top of
>> the battery, and I lowered the hood down, although I didn't lower it
>> enough to touch the latch. The hood pins were sitting in the middle
>> of the battery, equally distant from each terminal, and they weren't
>> touching anything metal, with the possible exception of the hold-down
>> bracket. Where the pins were touching each other was a pretty decent
>> build-up of that white, powdery "battery corrosion" material. The
>> battery terminals themselves look great, not a hint of corrosion.
>> There was no direct electrical contact, (the pins were at least 4-6
>> inches away from the nearest terminal) the only thing I can think of
>> is somehow the cheap zinc coating of the hood pins being in contact
>> with each other and just sitting in the field between the positive
>> and negative terminals triggered something. The car had been sitting
>> like that for about a month.
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>> Anyway, I thought that was pretty darn weird and had never seen
>> anything quite like that before, so I figured I would share. :-)
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>> TTYL!
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>> --
>> -Jon-
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>> .- Jon Steiger --- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com -.
>> | 67 Dodge Coronet, 70 Plymouth Barracuda, 76 Peugeot TSA |
>> | 78 Dodge B100, 90 Dodge Dakota Convertible, 92 Dodge Ram 4x4 |
>> | 96 Dodge Dakota, 96 Suzuki Intruder 1400, 96 Kolb FireFly |
>> | 99 Jeep Cherokee 4x4, 2001 Dodge Ram 3500 CTD |
>> `--------------------------------- http://www.jonsteiger.com --'
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