What do you expect greasing the battery terminals to accomplish?............. I will be putting some grease on the battery terminals ..............
What do you expect greasing the battery terminals to accomplish?............. I will be putting some grease on the battery terminals ..............
Regardless of what the manufacturer states it should do, I'd like to know what it actually will do. Especially after it reportedly failed in use. A one minute run is not a torture test.
I use a product called Kopr-Kote. It's a copper-impregnated anti-seize compound that doubles as a very fine dielectric grease for any and all 12v electrical connections. It is near impossible to find in brick and mortar stores but you will find it on EBay. Coat the battery terminals and all connectors and it will be highly unlikely that corrosion will occur. It is also a terrific anti-seize compound. Another use - 12v light sockets.
The manufacturer is a company called Jet Lube (jetlube.com). It is a mil-spec product.
Slathering grease on battery terminals that are already corroded does nothing but make them greasy.I don't know about anyone else but I've been using white lithium grease for years on all my old truck and car battery terminals...never any corrosion or build up. Works like a champ.
I use a product called Kopr-Kote. It's a copper-impregnated anti-seize compound that doubles as a very fine dielectric grease for any and all 12v electrical connections. It is near impossible to find in brick and mortar stores but you will find it on EBay. Coat the battery terminals and all connectors and it will be highly unlikely that corrosion will occur. It is also a terrific anti-seize compound. Another use - 12v light sockets.
The manufacturer is a company called Jet Lube (jetlube.com). It is a mil-spec product.
Hands down, the best description I have ever heard - "two slip wind" and "three slip wind" - adding that to my nautical vocabulary immediately.
Larry
M/V Boomarang
This is correct and it's best used on plugs with multiple conductors because it won't create a conductive path from one conductor to another.Dielectric grease does is a great spooge to cover vulnerable terminals before connecting them. When you make the connection, you are making a metal-to-metal connection that pushes the grease away except where the metal doesn't touch, where the grease will prevent corrosion, water ingress etc. ......
I do NOT believe you should 'mix' anything with the starting batteries. Starting is separate from house batteries for a reason. If you completely drain the starting battery then you don't go home. By mixing the thruster battery in with the starting system you ARE going to be calling seatow at some point.
The 'house battery'(s) are a luxury. So is the thruster. But the engine is a necessity (thus the separate starting battery). Don't mix up the usage of the system.
When I looked it up I found it was a Breaking Bad character! That fits!Dear Archie,
"any displeasing or unidentifiable - but generally sticky or slimy - substance.
I got spooge all over my hands.
What is that spooge on your shoe?"
You just learned something new!