How to Clean Battery Corrosion
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- This video will show you how to clean and neutralize battery corrosion in a battery compatment caused by basic alkaline damage (commonly known as battery 'acid' damage).
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Tl:dw - vinegar and an old toothbrush
WOW! Tried it myself on a HEAVILY corroded item and I did NOT expect the bubbles. The thing foamed like a school science project...but it worked! I thought the springs had been rusted through but nope, Vinegar to the rescue! Thankyou!
It works!!! Just did this on two old/rarely used remotes. YEARS since I’ve used them. And this worked great. Thanks!!
You just saved me $100. I thought I had to replace a part of my gas stove but I just had to clean some corrosion!!
Great video. Just a note of caution with the toothbrush. Those little springs are barely soldered on. They can (as I experienced 😮) come off.. be gentle.
Awesome vid and very informative. I've always looked for a way to combat battery damage and leaks. Thank you!
This is exactly the video I needed. I dug my bike out of storage and the CatEye light batteries corroded in a similar way to this game. I'll give it a go-- thanks!
Thanks for the video, it helped me get my tv remote (which we know is the most important remote ever 😜) working again. Your video was a life saver.
Great tip with the Vinegar, that really helped me get my batteries out in the first place.
So happy you tried the game and it worked! Makes me want to go back 15 years, eat oreos till 2am, and veg out.
What a coincidence. I just discovered my long forgotten Darth Vader Master Replicas Force FX lightsaber. It didn’t turn on, so I swapped out the old corroded batteries and still nothing. I searched for a fix and your video was first. Hopefully cleaning with vinegar will bring it back to life. 👍
To those of you that's wondering if it work with apple cider vinegar yes it do very well thankyou for the great video
This was the best thing ever, saved my Bose Headphones! Very Thankful
THANK YOU SO MUCH! Woke up this morning and my Roku tv control wasn’t working. My first thought was to change the batteries. Still nothing! Then I found your UA-cam video and BOOM! Problem solved and future corrosion fixed as well! Amazing video!
Hi - recommendation - pour a small amount of the vinegar into a small container/paper cup rather than dipping an old contaminated toothbrush into the bottle. Also you might need more and you really don't want to introduce battery acid into the bottle. Thanks - I have stubborn residue on the inside barrel of a metal flashlight and I've been rubbing vinegar on it several times and it won't rub off. Light sandpaper?
It could be a designated vinegar bottle..
I said the same exact thing about dipping the toothbrush into a nearly full bottle of vinegar! My battery corrosion is terrible! It's a beautiful soap dispenser that the Duracell batteries leaked into. I'll try the vinegar/lemon juice suggested & I'm hoping that it will work afterwards.
You can unscrew the bulb section and soak the barrel section in vinegar overnight 😃✌️
sandpaper might take off the plating, I wouldn’t recommend that
I been using Lemon juice and a cotton swab for decades. Never failed me and smells good to.
Thank you for posting this & explaining so well! Just what I needed!
It worked so well I had the same problem and it was just as bad so I really needed to find a way to fix it and I’m glad it worked
Doing the vinegar cleaning right now on a black light flashlight that sat and the batteries have begun corrosion. I am hoping this will work for it as well as it did for your controller. And thanks!!
Great video!! I bought a old school radio at a goodwill as is outlet for dirt cheep. Batter Corrosion everywhere. I found your video while researching to clean it. Thanks for the info! Im gonna make a video about it and plug your channel!
Doing this + cleaning up terminals with WD-40 and a toothbrush solved my problem! Thanks!
WD-40 is actually better?
are you kidding me? i came hear to learn about how to remove battery corrosion. i learned a lot and now know how to do it. the crazy part is that the item I'm cleaning I got from Goodwill, it is this exact Darth Vader gaming pad. it was fate!
In my experience, Duracells always leak. Even cheap batteries don't leak nearly as much, even though they may not last as long. I have even had Duracells leak in an unopened package, after sitting in a drawer for a few months. (Years before the expiration date on the package.)
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They also leak in the pkg if they are stored too close to a heat vent. I had some stored in shelf behind tv. Had to throw out packs worth of unused corroded batteries,- responsibly though do no worries
Would this work with an fx lightsaber? I have a vader lightsaber that i found and the bottom was corroded shut so the lid is jammed. How can i get the battery pack out with the lid being corroded shut?
Thanks for the video! Really helped me out!
Tried it on my brain warp game and it actually works. Tip of the hat and a like is coming your way😁
Worked like a charm. Thanks!
I found my old wavebird when I moved into my first house.
I hope I can fix the battery corrosion, thanks for the video
Good video thanks for tips. Question: would Apple Cider Vinegar also be good to use to clean out battery corrosion...? Thanks for your time.
it's the same shit
Just careful with vinegar on circuit boards / pcb
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Exactly what I needed. I've just bought a pacman machine by coleco at an antique shop, and I plan to give it to my 2 and half year old niece.
Worked like a charm!
Does this work on acid that has been on a long time?
This worked!!! Thanks so much!
this was my first time cleaning battery acid thanks! :)
It's best to pour the vinegar that you think you will use into a small jar so that you're not contaminating the whole bottle of vinegar. Thanks for the video!
Great. Easy cleaning that worked on my corroded food temperature reader. TY.
Amazing! Just fixed my Zoom handy recorder with this, thanks a million!
Thanks for telling me I'm cleaning a car right now and the battery got on some parts. But say if it just a part and not a part with wires cant I set the part in a bucket of white vintager?
Thank you for this video. Helped me out a lot. 😊
What use to file the springs if they are rusty?
I have a question can you use it for the battery holder in camera
Thank you kindly
Thanks for the advice!
Thank you for the video! It helped me out.
I think I use to have the same game as a kid! Thanks for the vid
It worked!! Thank you!
Thank you so much! This is so helpful.😊
Thank you so much! Worked perfectly!!!
When you mentioned lemon juice, that did it form me. I had a lemon on my table, put some juice on it and it started bubbling and cleaning the oxidation. Thanks
Thanks!!!! Really works 💯
Thanks for the tip
Thank youuuu so much. You saved me 60$
Thanks for the tutorial
Thank you for your tips, you saved made my gbc
It does an excellent job of cleaning the terminals. However, what else will you be using the now contaminated bottle of vinegar for?
More strictly cleaning corrosion I hope! 😅
Some bomb ass salad dressing? 🤣
You can put some vinegar in a bowl to keep the bottle uncontaminated
Are you dipping the toothbrush in to the vinegar??
Thanks! I thought my Polaroid camera was ruined. Tried this and it works again!
Thank you for your video.
At 4:04 you mention adding extra vinegar to seep into the crevices. Won't extra liquid damage the electronics?
Yes, that’s why you don’t want to let any get on them. Not to mention, running power through wet electronics is a sure fire way to brick them.
Duracell batteries always leak. I've lost some valuable electronics over the years, the culprit, always Duracell batteries. I work in an industry that requires flashlights. When Duracell started running their ads about those who depend on it use Duracell, we use to laugh, we never use them. Now if I purchase something and it comes with Duracell batteries, I toss the Duracell batteries and protect my purchase. Thanks for the video!
You have confirmed something I've been wondering about - thank you. What type of batteries do you recommend?
Yeah, a pair of Duracell seem to have cost me a perfectly good Amazon Fire stick
Thanks mate! Just saved my head torch!
I will try. But, my flashlight end is corroded to a very, very hard spot. I will return to give feedback, But, if you would speak on that, I'd appreciate it. Thanks, you are helping !
Great just repaired a expensive sellable radio thanks 👍👍
Thanks it worked!
man I remember that plug and play. Thing slapped back in the day
what happens if you skip the alchohol step?
My xbox 360 controller battery kit corroded and most of the inside of the battery compartment that you pull out has this brown type of corrosion. Will the controller still be recoverable or has it hit the shitter
Lolidrawstuff enjoy that’s what I want to know cause I have one that is the same
here in canada, electronics are always tested first BEFORE going on the shelf.....shame on goodwill.
I love that game! My kids put it in the goodwill box.
THE HANDSET WAS MY CHILDHOOD, the memories 🥺
Thanks!
This video just helped me clean an old plug and play Wheel of Fortune game! 😂
Nice useful video think you sir
Can you clean a motherboard with vinager?
I watched a similar video once before but I forgot the exact procedure. Yes, the alcohol also helps evaporate the vinegar residue as well.
Have fun playing Revenge of the Sith. You get to betray your friends, kill kids, get the rest of your limbs cut off, turn into Darth Vader and yell NOOOOOO!😄
Can you use distilled vinegar? Thanks.
That's what is being used in the video
I had this old plug and play game so inopened it it was too much to even do this it was everywhere that why I no longer just rayovac batteries
Thanks very helpful. Oh and what's the name of that game? It looks cool. I like the older games. 😎
A flashlight i want to recover had battery corrosion and its stuck in there
Long ago quit buying Costco Kirkland batts because they ALWAYS leak, at least the AA size.
What do you do if - hypothetically - you accidentally knock one or more of the springs loose while cleaning?
“Hypothetically” uh oh
No issues if it hypothetically happens 😂
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Thank you sir! I found that hydrogen peroxide is not as stinky as vinegar and just as useful
Holy shit this is some serious irony I had the same exact controller with the same problem and I clicked on this video and found this
So you don't ruin the whole entire bottle the vinegar, you really should pour some of it over into something smaller. It looked as if he was redipping it back into that big jug so then it gets contaminated with the acid residue so it may not be able to be used for something else. But thanks for the tip anyway.
Will try on some old flashes from “good will”.
I got the rusty wires on my problem and I don’t know anything on that or any stuff. I have a remote a rejecter that got corroded from some AAA batteries I had that I didn’t even know I had in the remote that I just found and I am afraid that it may be to be repaired by going inside the system to fix it because rusty wires, from the corrosion and it’s so bad that it could be damaged inside of the remote and I don’t know how to repair it because I can’t open it up, or fix it 😅😢 I don’t have any idea how to fix it, I just got the batteries out but I don’t know how to fix it and I live in Ohio, a few days I will be going on vacation to Texas and so I will be busy. Plus I’m don’t know how to fix it on my own anyway.
I use peroxide/water mix and cotton swab
This why you should always avoid alkaline batteries. Use lithium AA or AAA or 9V batteries instead. I have never seen lithium batteries leak.
2:44 to the point
Pretty sure that alkaline batteries do not leak acid. Just use CLR to clean corrosion, baking soda solution to neutralize, rinse with water and coat with dielectric grease.
Omg this game! Hahahah I played it all the time as a kid
Does it work if I use wine vinegar
I had that Darth Vader plugnplay as a kid. Good times.
No matter how, someone mixed another brand of batteries with Duracell and it couldn't end another way. Maybe also different charge levels.
Duracell, the battery that keeps on leaking............
I HAVE THAT PLUG AND PLAY CONTROLLER!
🤙!
Before I'd watched this video,I started cleaning me doorbell battery case with nail varnish remover, now I'm worried I've totally messed up,
I tried this and even used baking soda, but my clock won’t work. It’s an expensive wall clock too 😢
Coolest controller ever.
3:20 to 5:00 is what we came for. good video though.
what game is that ? :)