High voltage battery cabinet leakage treatment

How to prevent battery leakage?

Proper storage is the best way to prevent battery leakage. When batteries are stored loose they can come into contact with other batteries and metal items, causing power generation within the battery cell that leads to hydrogen build-up.

Can alkaline batteries corrode?

This gas can easily react with the air and metal terminals, resulting in corrosion. Alkaline batteries can corrode because of battery leakage, on the other hand, and should be replaced immediately if it happens. How can I prevent this from happening? The easiest thing to do is to prevent the reaction altogether!

How do you protect a battery from a chemical reaction?

Ensuring that exposed terminals are properly covered/insulated will prevent the reaction altogether. Another easy thing to do, if you cannot cover the terminals (like in car batteries) is to cover it in a non-reactive/conductive grease, such as petroleum jelly. This will prevent the metal from coming into direct contact with the air.

Why are alkaline and lead-acid batteries prone to corrosion?

Alkaline and lead-acid batteries are particularly vulnerable due to their internal design. For example, most car batteries produce a gas byproduct because of the chemical reactions within them whenever they’re producing energy. This gas can easily react with the air and metal terminals, resulting in corrosion.

How do you protect a car battery?

Another easy thing to do, if you cannot cover the terminals (like in car batteries) is to cover it in a non-reactive/conductive grease, such as petroleum jelly. This will prevent the metal from coming into direct contact with the air. Most importantly, check the battery often!

How do you clean battery terminals?

For the battery terminals themselves, we simply wiped them with the baking soda solution and used the wire brush to get some of the deeper corrosion off. Note that the wire brush may also strip the terminals a bit, so to make sure that the connections will still have a tight fit, avoid brushing hard!