By Scott A. Keen (Scottkeen) on Wednesday, July 18, 2001 - 01:53 pm: Edit

Just cleaned off the corrosion off my battery terminals with a water and baking soda solution (worked great).

Now I want to insulate the terminals.

I've got some "silicon grease" for o-rings. Will that work? Won't cause a fire, will it?

By Stephen on Wednesday, July 18, 2001 - 02:28 pm: Edit

Vaseline works pretty good.

By Scott A. Keen (Scottkeen) on Wednesday, July 18, 2001 - 03:23 pm: Edit

All I got that's greasy is silicon o-ring grease. Will that work?

I also have butter in the fridge.

By Bill Bettridge (Billb) on Thursday, July 19, 2001 - 01:59 am: Edit

As Stephen posted - Vaseline works OK - if you want the real thing - you can get silicone di-electric grease at an auto parts store. (not the same thing as o-ring lube)

By Bill Bettridge (Billb) on Thursday, July 19, 2001 - 02:01 am: Edit

Oh-yeah - if you're one of those guys who cooks food on his exhaust manifolds on a long trip - the butter might not be a bad idea!

By Leslie on Thursday, July 19, 2001 - 02:07 am: Edit

Hee hee!!!

Don't 'really' use butter, things'll start to grow on your battery terminals if you do. Dielectric grease is cheap, get some. (I need to, too!)

-L

By Leslie on Thursday, July 19, 2001 - 10:25 am: Edit

BTW....

The manual says to use petroleum jelly, not silicone grease....


FYI....


-L