Kiwi_Roy Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 It's time! . . . to clean your battery terminals and apply a little grease. Anyone who knows me is sick of me going on about the importance of greasing the battery terminals. While your bike is parked for the winter the lead oxide is silently creeping in between the terminal and lug ready to make you think the battery is toast when you go to start next spring.Scrape the terminals now and apply some Vaseline give it a top up charge at the end of January and next spring thats what it will do, spring into life. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czakky Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Listen to the man! Or else he starts showing pictures of my wiring loom.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobleswood Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Roy, I'm going to ask a naive question because well I'm naive. Should I scrape the terminals, apply vaseline & then reconnect the wires. Or scrape terminals, reconnect the wires & the apply vaseline ? My thought is that the vaseline is an insulator. Thanks Innocent of Columbus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scud Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 What is winter? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 I got your Winter right here, pal.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Roy Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 The idea is to keep the Oxygen from the lead, I always apply the Vaseline first how I was taught 50 years ago. Yes any grease is an insulator but it squeezes out of the contact points, fills in the air space and prevents oxidation or other forms of corrosion. Sent from my shoe phone! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 This is such great method. And learn how to keep your AGM *conditioned* . Batteries like 'exercise' = discharge/*charge* (for the AGM: use adequate amperage/voltage) When the AGM reaches 12.65v, ->discharge **trickle-ye-not** http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=18838&p=208786 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbolesaz Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Scud, that's not warm weather, it's heat from 1/2 of So Cal being on fire !! Us Zonies got yer "winter". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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