On Apr 24, 7:17 pm, Dan Jacobson <jida...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Convinced that here in humid Taiwan, detaching the battery for the six
> days of the week that I don't use my UPS will prevent corrosion of
> certain internal UPS parts, I detach one of the battery terminals.
>
> (Also perhaps I also thus eliminate some very minor drain on the (pair
> of car) batteries that I use.)
>
> However, on the seventh day upon reattaching, there is this big
> annoying 24 volt spark as some capacitor charges up or something.
>
> OK, I will install a switch so the spark will be pleasantly
> hidden inside it.
Corrosion coming because of oxidation, to prevent we can use
corroguard, clean periodicly and tighten terminal well.
high humidity will result much corrotion. this is normal. my opinion
use little grease, swap to each terminal to minimize oxidation.
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