rll wrote:
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> Subject: DML: Weird battery corrosion!
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>> Yesterday, I finally took a few minutes to wade through the barn to
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>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I thought that was pretty darn weird and had never seen
>>> anything quite like that before, so I figured I would share. :-)
>>> TTYL!
>>>
>>> --
>>> -Jon-
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> hello list
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> My 1/2 cents worth....
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> accross the top of most batteries there is electron migration.
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> part of the reason that unused batteries self-discharge
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> bat-winged aliens is another reason...but since x-files went
> off the air it probably isn't very popular anymore.
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> one can stop most of it with a dusting of baking soda.
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> no baking soda...the migration can cause a multitude of
> crystal like oxide buildup even between two similar metal surfaces touching
> each other as they will react with air and moisture as electrons move
> through the area of contact
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> OR its a terrorist event and this is the last we will hear of Jon
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> rob in phx
> 92 dak
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I have made fusion power using the same type of experiment-except I used
magnets. Neodymium! is AWESOME with the aid of carbon, water, and a
few other acids that I can't remember how to spell. Later I learned that
I am damn lucky I did not change the way my face is arranged!
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