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Default cleaning battery corrosion

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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John Rumm wrote:
I have a torch which has some corrosion from the batteries on the
terminals. What is the best method and what to use to clean thhe
terminals?


One of the fibreglass pencils are good for this sort of thing. Like:


http://cpc.farnell.com/unbranded/101...l/dp/SABU10191


They work, but the dust from them can be extremely irritating.


Yup, I was thinking of mentioning that but but was feeling lazy at the
time! But yes, you get lots of glass splinters if you don't brush the
dust away carefully.

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Cheers,

John.

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