2 Dec
2003
2 Dec
'03
7:45 a.m.
At 01:55 PM 12/2/03 -0500, you wrote:
Coke does a good job of cleaning car battery terminals but those are
lead-acid batteries and the corrosion products are entirely different from
those produced by "dry-cell" batteries (alkaline, carbon-zinc, NiCad, etc).
Dry cells use a weak oxidizer (Maganesse Dioxide) or an alkaline solution
(Potassium hydroxide) as an eletrolyte where auto batteries use sluphuric
acid.
Joe
How cheap is
it? How does it compare to Coke, in particular? Coke has
sugar and caffiene mixed in, but also has a good deal of phosophoric
acid in it. (I'm assuming, of course, plenty of water rinse
afterwards.)
Myth Busters on TV did an episode about the myths of Coke. I was
surprised to see that it really DID clean battery terminals in a car
better than water.