Dielectric hygiene
We decided to replace the
battery cable I was wire brushing last week
My new system will include a
generous dab of Permatex dielectric grease to prevent
future rust and corrosion.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Dielectric grease is great for automotive and especially marine applications. I've stopped counting all the jobs that I've redone with dielectric grease and never had to touch again!
Another great preventative maintenance grease is Anti seize grease. It's great for bolts and nuts. Great feeling to do it once and be done!
fostermama-I had that same issue on our 94 Toyota Corolla this Summer. Tried splurging on the gold plated connectors in hopes of making it last longer. Gold was about 8 dollars each compared to 3 for the lead.
Roland-I had an inner debate on if I should clean those rusty connectors and decided they're probably making decent contact.
BSmith-It's a strange but good feeling to be clued in on what seems like a greasy secret. Now that we have a whole tube I will more than likely start protecting other connectors. The guy we bought our utility trailer from included a small bottle of anti-sieze gunk. Now that you mention it I'm thinking maybe I should do a post about it.