Optimate problem
Optimate problem
I have an Optimate which is great for keeping the battery topped up and it really does stop the alarm from running the battery flat.
I have it permanantly connected with the male/female connectors which just plug together and off you go.
the problem is corrosion inside the connector which i just cant get into, the hole is too small, any ideas how to remove the greenish corrosion and to improve the contact ?
I have it permanantly connected with the male/female connectors which just plug together and off you go.
the problem is corrosion inside the connector which i just cant get into, the hole is too small, any ideas how to remove the greenish corrosion and to improve the contact ?
it may be clever, but its not big.
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It is possible, with a watchmakers screwdriver to unclip the metal from the plastic plug but it's a fiddly little job.
If the corrosion is not too bad why don't you try giving it a good squirt with WD40 and then packing some grese into it. Shove the plug and socket together about fifty times, flush the mess out with some more WD40 and then pack it with some fresh grease.
Pete.l
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If it's really bad and the lead needs replacing you can buy them.
It is possible, with a watchmakers screwdriver to unclip the metal from the plastic plug but it's a fiddly little job.
If the corrosion is not too bad why don't you try giving it a good squirt with WD40 and then packing some grese into it. Shove the plug and socket together about fifty times, flush the mess out with some more WD40 and then pack it with some fresh grease.
Pete.l
P.S
If it's really bad and the lead needs replacing you can buy them.
I hope you don't mind me saying Pete, but you should really use petroleum jelly (Vaseline) and not grease!
You can use hot water to remove the corrosion I think, I know it works on a car battery terminals, obviously disconnect the lead from the battery first, as water is a conductor as you probably know so you don't short your battery out, and make sure its fully dried out before re-fitting it. Depending on what material the corroded connector is made off, I would think (once disconnected) you could immerse it into very hot water using an old bake bean tin or simular,
Chris.
PS (My brain has just kicked in) If your connector lead has an in-line fuse you could just remove that to try out what I suggested first!
You can use hot water to remove the corrosion I think, I know it works on a car battery terminals, obviously disconnect the lead from the battery first, as water is a conductor as you probably know so you don't short your battery out, and make sure its fully dried out before re-fitting it. Depending on what material the corroded connector is made off, I would think (once disconnected) you could immerse it into very hot water using an old bake bean tin or simular,
Chris.
PS (My brain has just kicked in) If your connector lead has an in-line fuse you could just remove that to try out what I suggested first!
Last edited by sirch345 on Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:15 am, edited 1 time in total.
LOL. I was waiting for something like thatcupasoop wrote:Your just asking for trouble making statements like thatsirch345 wrote:I hope you don't mind me saying Pete, but you should really use petroleum jelly (Vaseline) and not grease!
So it was a good job I did my research first eh Cuppa
http://www.vjmw.org/workshop/elec.htm
I don't know how I do it for the money
How about this for an alternative
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Chris.
How about this for an alternative
http://www.recipegoldmine.com/house/house26.html
Chris.
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