SandburRanch
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They seldom break down at the shop .Just drive a small finish nail between the battery post and clamp. That will get you home.
They seldom break down at the shop .Just drive a small finish nail between the battery post and clamp. That will get you home.
I bet there is a tiny crack next to the terminal. Not uncommon.denjen, please excuse our resident troll... It's like he has too much free time or something...
I'm not that much fan of this style of battery terminal, although I've never had any issues with those, but definitely something to keep in mind. Thanks for the remainder on checking the terminals.
My sister's car had a OEM battery that for some reason would eat through the Negative battery terminals. No matter how clean and protected with dielectric grease it was, it would keep on corroding the terminal. Replaced that battery a year or so ago and never had any issues. This old battery is now on my generator and still does the same exact thing. I just have to keep an eye on it.
Yes, that works and I have one, but mostly I use a strip of sandpaper.Here you go, I think you can afford one....
Actually, I appreciate Dejen starting this thread. It caused me to look at my battery terminals and they were indeed in need of some work. I would of swore that they would look good before I took the time to look at them. So I cleaned them up and coated them with dielectric grease. I sure wouldn't want any perfect member of this forum calling me a non-candy coated spade!!
Thanks for the clarification rScotty, although you "make" it sound like a separate/special charger is "not" actually required "but" would be beneficial in reality - to completely top off a charge session.Yes, for AGM - which is still the exact same lead/acid chemistry - there are special chargers which will charge the battery to its max effiency, but in actuality you don't need them. A standard battery charger comes within a few percent of the same charge. So in any vehicle or tractor I doubt that you will be able to tell the difference when either the flooded or AGM batteries are new. You won't even know. Now as they age, the AGM loses efficency more slowly and a year or so down the line it tends to pull ahead in retained charge even though it isn't being charged to its max.
Here's the kicker: None of this about AGMs being better has to be true! Technically it isn't true. There are companies that manufacture a flooded cell battery that is just as good or better than the AGM. And it is serviceable. You see them in off grid energy storage sources and some specialized industrial use like hard tire forklifts. Those use excellent flooded cell batteries. It's just that the automotive/truck/tractor market doesn't make those extremely good flooded cell batteries that we can use in our small lightweight high vibration applications.
With cars, trucks, and tractors flooded cells are not as high quality. we lose because we have to trade off for vibration, weight and profit.
I'm far from perfect, only the Lord can claim that. I do however pay attention to maintenance items and one of them is battery and ground connections. In 30 years, I've never had an in field issue with corroded battery terminals. Had other issues but never that.Actually, I appreciate Dejen starting this thread. It caused me to look at my battery terminals and they were indeed in need of some work. I would of swore that they would look good before I took the time to look at them. So I cleaned them up and coated them with dielectric grease. I sure wouldn't want any perfect member of this forum calling me a non-candy coated spade!!