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| important message! the following applies to new batteries, ESPECIALLY ON new boats at delivery time, and at the start of every season after winter storage! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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THE FOLLOWING IS A TIME CONSUMING PROCESS. INSPECT YOUR BATTERIES AND THE CONNECTORS PRIOR TO USE. VERY FEW DEALERS TAKE THE TIME TO PROPERLY DO THIS AT DELIVERY TIME! |
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 preparing
the battery and the terminal connectors are very important! the battery
post with the attachment bolt must be as pictured, bright and clean of
all contamination at the surface contact point prior to connecting the
wires. the terminal connectors on the wires must be brushed, BOTH SIDES,
EVEN IF NEW, AS A SLIGHT OXIDATION TO THE METAL SURFACE REDUCES THE
CURRENT FLOW. THIS CAUSES HEAT ON THE CONNECTORS AND THE WIRING USING UP
THE POWER IN THE BATTERIES AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING RUNNING TIME. |
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| HOW OFTEN MUST THIS MAINTENANCE BE DONE? EVERY 30 DAYS IS MY RECOMMENDATION. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 IS IT POSSIBLE TO EXTEND
THE TIME BETWEEN CLEANING SO OFTEN?
YES! THE BEST METHOD IS TO PREPARE THE SURFACES, APPLY A PRODUCT CALLED R5, FROM THE CAIG COMPANY TO THE BATTERY CONNECTOR SURFACE, THE TERMINAL BOLT AND BOTH SURFACES OF THE WIRE TERMINALS PRIOR TO ASSEMBLY. LET STAND ABOUT 5 MINUTES, THEN APPLY A GENEROUS AMOUNT OF LubriMatic ELECTRICAL CONTACT GREASE TO ALL THE CONTACT POINTS. START ASSEMBLING THE WIRES TO THE BATTERY AND TIGHTEN THE TERMINAL NUT SECURELY. FINGER TIGHT IS NOT TIGHT ENOUGH. USE A PLIERS AND SNUG THEM UP GOOD AND TIGHT. |
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THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN 8/3/2000 |
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BELOW AFTER 2 YEARS OF USE AND NO ADDITIONAL BATTERY POST CLEANING. IT IS 7/26/2002 AND THE BATTERY POST SHOW NO CONTAMINATION AND DO NOT NEED TO BE CLEANED. THE SAME WAS TRUE FOR THE FUSE HOLDERS AND THE EXPOSED WIRING CONNECTORS. the grease was full of dirt, but the quality of the ELECTRICAL CONTACT grease held up. |
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| I lost the photo that goes here. when I get back out to the lake i will take a new photo and add it then. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4/26/03 UPDATE I VISIT ANOTHER TEST BOAT WHERE I APPLIED THE DIELECTRIC GREASE FOR A TEST OF IT BEING USED. IT IS NOW 3 YEARS LATTER AND THE BATTERIES HAVE BEEN ON THE BACK OF THE PONTOON OUT IN THE OPEN WEATHER AND THE BATTERY CONTACTS AND WIRING CONNECTORS HAVE NEVER BEEN CLEANED SINCE INSTALLED, BATTERIES WERE REMOVED EACH YEAR FOR WINTER STORAGE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL DIELECTRIC GREASE APPLIED THE 2 FOLLOWING YEARS. BATTERY CONTACTS AND WIRING CONNECTORS REMAIN UNCONTAMINATED. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 6/11/03
2 YEARS AGO I PUT THE ELECTRICAL CONTACT GREASE ON JUST 1 0F THE 2 BATTERIES IN A 24 VOLT SYSTEM. THIS IS THE CONNECTORS OF THE SIDE OF THE BATTERY I PUT THE ELECTRICAL CONTACT GREASE ON. STILL NOT OXIDIZED. |
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| THE BATTERY WITH NO ELECTRICAL CONTACT GREASE HAD DEAD CELLS. THE GREASE MAY EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE BATTERIES ALSO. THE OTHER BATTERY WAS STILL HOLDING IT'S OWN AT 12.52 VOLTS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 9/18/2004 UPDATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 ELECTRICAL
CONTACT GREASE WAS APPLIED IN JUNE 2002 AND NOW 26 MONTHS LATER EXPOSED
TO THE ELEMENTS UNCOVERED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BOAT AND THE CONNECTORS
ARE STILL NOT CORRODED AND NEEDED ONLY TO HAVE THE BATTERY REPLACED AND
A FRESH COAT OF ELECTRICAL CONTACT GREASE APPLIED9/18/2004 Mark Byrne Master Mechanic |
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BELOW IS LINK ON HOW WIRES ARE PLACED ON THE BATTERY FOR PROPER VOLTAGE CONNECTION |
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