As I am going thru my wiring harness, I have a lot of corrosion/tarnish on the spade connectors. What can I use to dip the connectors in to remove the corrosion?
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I would think any contact cleaner would work. Radio Shack or the like.
I know vinegar cleans pennies. Maybe it will work on connectors.
I use sandpaper or a little file.
The factory terminals are brass with tin plating, the tin plating is to protect the brass from oxidation. Vinegar is acetic acid, unless you can remove it by rinsing thoroughly with water it will remove the tin and expose the brass, a worse condition.
Since the condition is oxidation not corrosion, removal of the oxide is not necessary as long as there is tension between the "tab" and the mating terminal. All connector terminals are designed to displace the oxide during insertion.
Electrical current that exceeds 0.020 Amps will penetrate the thin tin oxide and not allow further oxide formation at the mating surfaces.
Since the condition is oxidation not corrosion, removal of the oxide is not necessary as long as there is tension between the "tab" and the mating terminal. All connector terminals are designed to displace the oxide during insertion.
Electrical current that exceeds 0.020 Amps will penetrate the thin tin oxide and not allow further oxide formation at the mating surfaces.
72GTS, this is what i did. Use a BRASS wire brush the size of a small toothbrush. LIGHTLY brush the fuse prongs that hold the fuses in place.LIGHTLY brush the ends of the fuses, thats where most of the oxidation occures. After i cleaned my fuse box the guages were more steady especially the temperture guage. Chuck
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