Cleaning UPS battery leakage
 

Hi,

Probably an easy question. I have a UPS which suffered battery leakage. The
resulting leakage seems to be "crystallization" underneath the batteries (which
I have not removed yet). What is the safest way of cleaning this up once the
batteries have been removed?

Ryan

"Ryan Underwood" wrote in message
...

Probably an easy question. I have a UPS which suffered battery leakage.
The
resulting leakage seems to be "crystallization" underneath the batteries
(which
I have not removed yet). What is the safest way of cleaning this up once
the
batteries have been removed?

Warm water and baking soda.

N

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 06:27:15 +0000, NSM wrote:


"Ryan Underwood" wrote in message
...

Probably an easy question. I have a UPS which suffered battery leakage.
The
resulting leakage seems to be "crystallization" underneath the batteries
(which
I have not removed yet). What is the safest way of cleaning this up once
the
batteries have been removed?

Warm water and baking soda.

N

I finally got around to cleaning up this unit, and this did in fact work
well. You can hear the 'sizzle' as the baking soda neutralizes the acid.
I kept wiping until I couldn't hear sizzle anymore, then wiped it dry and
let it sit for awhile. Thanks!