Cleaned my batteries

[OzarkTroutBum]

I have V2 808d batteries I've been using for about a month now. Last night I noticed that I was really having to suck on it to get a decent hit and thought I might need a new clearo. I was swapping batteries when I got to looking at it and saw that all it had was 2 tiny air holes in it and noticed that one of those was completely plugged up with funk.

I got some stiff fishing line and was able to poke through the holes and also scrape a little more funk out of the inside ring. It was like brand new!

Be careful if you do this as you can make contact between + and - if you use a metal object and accidentally fire the battery. You do not want to do that, it will ruin your battery and could be hazardous.

 

[DancingHeretik]

Fishing line. What a great idea!

The newer style "sealed" autos have to be cleaned a lot more often. Their air holes are so tiny and get gunked up so fast!

 

[skoony]

also take a cap full of rubbing alcohol ,and with the battery connector down dab it into the liquid a few times
and swoosh it around.
tap out the excess and gently blow it out.
i do this regularly took keep the build up from happening.
regards
mike

 

[Ramsay Bolton]

Thanks all!

Didn't know that my 808 batteries have those minuscule
air holes until I stumbled upon this thread.

 

[LLJoelJ]

I usually just wipe the battery contacts whenever switching batteries. Switching batteries one day, I noticed the little holes were getting plugged up. A paperclip is too large to clean the holes; so I stripped the paper off a twist-tie and wrapped a tissue around the end to clean the holes without touching metal to metal. Now my batteries are like-new!

 

[mechanus]

Toothpicks also work wonders to clean out the funk between the center post and the thread wall.