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How to Clean Your Battery Terminals with Cola

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By vries
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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.

Difficulty: Moderate
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Stiff wire brush
  • Cola
  1. Step 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. Step 2

    Pour cola over terminals and posts of your battery.

  3. Step 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. Step 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.
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