Curious About Some Things........

[Coltf1991]

No, that is where the shaft from wire brush scratched it

No that is not the terminal with the issue. Thanks for pointing that out to me.

[simple man]

Good news then!
I have to give it to you, as I always advise folks to clean the connections to " bright metal ". You have done well!

[Coltf1991]

Thanks SimpleMan! How's your cart coming along buddy?

[Gonkulor]

Originally Posted by Coltf1991

No, that is where the shaft from wire brush scratched it

No that is not the terminal with the issue. Thanks for pointing that out to me.

Only a scratch, good thing. But in that same picture it looks to me like your battery cap is on backwards

[scottyb]

'Bout time my cables got a little love

I dunno, Gonk. Said crack may just be a heavy scratch....?

[Coltf1991]

Was a heavy scratch. I was going to town with the wire brush

[sonicj]

Originally Posted by scottyb

The abietic acid does not attack the copper metal under any condition. This abietate formation is peculiar to copper surfaces since the only common abietate salt is of copper.

slow down there bill nye... abietate on Cu is a product of rosin flux. the only way to know for sure that the green material is abietate is if the joint was assembled with pure rosin (aka: water white) flux. even mildly activated rosin fluxes contain agents that are corrosive to copper.... are you implying that your silver soldered cables are assembled with pure rosin flux?
-sj

[Coltf1991]

Man I miss that show.

[Coltf1991]

What causes blue corrosion?

What is the difference between blue and green?

[DOOmsman]

What is the difference between blue and green?
The absence of yellow.