Washing batteries??

[yoshistr]

I'm pretty sure there is eliquid in my batteries but am not sure if I should just wash them out with water or vinegar/baking soda to get it clean or if it will corrode the contacts? Anyone here wash their batteries clean somehow feel free to share.

 

[GrimmGreen]

i am also interested in this , i saw a youtube video of a guy that microwaved a small amount of vinegar i think , in a cup , and then put his batteries contact side down into the vinegar (it was only about 1/4 inch of vinegar) and let it sit over night. I guess the idea being that the fumes from the vinegar would clean out the juice from inside the battery. I have tons of dead batteries due to stuck switches and i was thinking of trying this. What do i have to loose? the batteries are already dead to begin with

 

[Houdini]

I'd recommend using this before water or vineger. I've used it on a good battery just to see if it would do any damage and the battery survived with no problems.

 

[yoshistr]

It's strange I left the battery on for a quick charge and now it works fine, I think the small amount of charging reset it.

 

[GrimmGreen]

that's RAD Houdini , i could probably get that stuff at hardware store right?

 

[Houdini]

Probably. I got it at Pep Boys.

 

[sheik124]

I had my battery and charger in a zip lock bag while traveling. My eliquid was in yet another zip lock bag, but I guess on the return trip I screwed up and put them in the same bag. Long story short, both battery and charger got eliquid all over them and inside them. I put them both in a plastic cup with some isopropyl alcohol, let them sit for about half an hour, and then swirled the cup around vigorously. I left them both in a paper plate in the sun to dry, with the charger also wrapped in a towel. After a day a nice small puddle of eliquid had leaked out of the battery, but I just charged it up and it seems fine. BTW, it's a DSE901 battery and the stock charger.

 

[niczgreat]

I have two batteries that are both showing signs of the ejuice interfering with the contacts. I tried mixing 1/3 VG into my mix and don't know if coincidence but my bats became clogged.

Can't wait to try this stuff. Will report back if it works.

 

[yoshistr]

You can clean your batteries using the following quick guide I made:

1) Get a knife or sharp edged tool and gently pry the contact off the battery (you can see the rounded contact, put the edge underneath and pry upwards until it is removed) *Be careful as the contact is soldered to the battery so you don't want to completely remove it but only as far as the wire extends.

2) Place the battery with contact side on a piece of paper towel and let it dry and drain out overnight. (You can also consider sinking the contact side in vinegar/baking soda for a few minutes to clean it out, not too long because it may corrode the solder in which case you will need to resolder it)

3) Replace the contact back in the battery and use like new!