Batteries leaking transparent fluid?

[manikyath]

16 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

you couldn't really clean acid off with coke, since it contains acid and would just add more. It works because like @Sakkura said it's the opposite of an acid (base/alkaline) so it will help neutralize and probably dissolve it. If you were to clean up actual acid though you would want a base like baking soda or something to neutralize it AFAIK. 

battery acid is just a matter of giving it a good wipe and scrub off any dried up pieces. using coke would actually be helpful in scrubbing corrosion off contacts, surprisingly enough.

[mariushm]

Urrgh...

 

Lead acid batteries , the 12v batteries in cars and motorbikes and UPSes ... that's ACID, so you neutralize it with backing soda. Pour baking soda over the surface, wait a bit, remove baking soda. Add new layers, repeat ...

Also Nickel-Cadmium batteries makes ACID ... but these are ancient, yet you still find them sometimes in ooold motherboards (like 386-486 and before times) and laptops from that period.

Once you're done wipe with ph neutral wet wipes, paper towels with a bit of water, if you want to go fancy use some isopropyl alcohol or sanitary alcohol and wait to evaporate.

 

Alkaline batteries are not acid, they're ALKALINE ... it's in the name ffs. Use some weak acid to neutralize, like vinegar or REAL lemon juice.  Pour over substance, wait a bit (until it stops fizzing if it even fizzes), clean the surface , add more vinegar/lemon juice/other weak acid ... Use an old toothbrush or something to rub over the surface to remove crap.

 

 

[manikyath]

41 minutes ago, mariushm said:

Urrgh...

 

Lead acid batteries , the 12v batteries in cars and motorbikes and UPSes ... that's ACID, so you neutralize it with backing soda. Pour baking soda over the surface, wait a bit, remove baking soda. Add new layers, repeat ...

Also Nickel-Cadmium batteries makes ACID ... but these are ancient, yet you still find them sometimes in ooold motherboards (like 386-486 and before times) and laptops from that period.

Once you're done wipe with ph neutral wet wipes, paper towels with a bit of water, if you want to go fancy use some isopropyl alcohol or sanitary alcohol and wait to evaporate.

 

Alkaline batteries are not acid, they're ALKALINE ... it's in the name ffs. Use some weak acid to neutralize, like vinegar or REAL lemon juice.  Pour over substance, wait a bit (until it stops fizzing if it even fizzes), clean the surface , add more vinegar/lemon juice/other weak acid ... Use an old toothbrush or something to rub over the surface to remove crap.

 

 

- lead acids.. that would be one hell of a TV remote.

- nicad's are still very popular with the RC car folks, because of how much power you can pull, and you can recharge them with a potato.

 

either way, the sort of batteries average joe would come into contact with, you honestly are wasting your time trying to "neutralize" the acid. the worst that stuff does is eat at your copper traces, which you can completely avoid by just wiping off all that spilled, and scrubbing off any battery crud left behind.

 

yes, when you're dealing with large quantities of very potent acid you need to do the whole neutralizing thing, but boiled lead acids are about as potent as a bottle of shitty wine, and nicads and nimh's can maybe eat away some traces around them if you leave them sitting for a few years.

 

TLDR: you're making things WAY too complicated for dealing with popped double-A's

[mariushm]

4 minutes ago, manikyath said:

either way, the sort of batteries average joe would come into contact with, you honestly are wasting your time trying to "neutralize" the acid. the worst that stuff does is eat at your copper traces, which you can completely avoid by just wiping off all that spilled, and scrubbing off any battery crud left behind.

 

The old NiCd batteries in old hw are pain in the ass, the liquid leaked can eat through the circuit board.. and can go in the fiber weave of the board and continue to do damage. So if you're into old hardware, vintage computing etc make sure stuff's neutralized.