How to Clean Your Battery Terminals with Cola

Unless your battery ends are getting a good connection with your battery itself, you will lose charge and the battery will run down fast. Checking your battery terminals weekly is a great way to keep an eye on corrosion and build-up on your posts and terminal connectors. A simple way to keep corrosion down, is to pour soda-pop over the terminals and posts of your battery, in between proper weekly/bi-weekly cleanings with a stiff wire brush.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Stiff wire brush
• Cola

1. In between wire-brushing the terminal ends of your battery, it is acceptable to use cola to rip through the corrosion that, incidentally, builds up while you're blinking!
2. Pour cola over terminals and posts of your battery.
3. As the soda-pop fizzes, it gets deep down to the nitty-gritty, cleaning the posts without actually having to remove the terminals.
4. When fizzing has stopped, wipe off excess soda with a rag and go on your merry way. You'll know your battery is getting a good charge.

Tips & Warnings

• As always, with battery acid, burns can occur. Protect exposed skin and eyes.