Battery tray corrosion

[jay rabe]

I have an aluminum slide-out battery tray for the rear house batteries. I think it's a Ragusa, not sure. It's crusty and corroded and I'd like to clean it and protect it from future repeats. Suggestions on how to do that? I have some battery terminal protection spray and thought I might use that, though it's pretty spendy for a small spray can...

Thanks,

Jay Rabe
76 PB
Portland, OR

 

[Gene Fisher]

swap it for a stainless / plastic one from Bert and Fay
sold by Jim k

gene

>
>
> I have an aluminum slide-out battery tray for the rear house batteries. I
> think it's a Ragusa, not sure. It's crusty and corroded and I'd like to
> clean it and protect it from future repeats. Suggestions on how to do that?
> I have some battery terminal protection spray and thought I might use that,
> though it's pretty spendy for a small spray can...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jay Rabe
> 76 PB
> Portland, OR
>
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http://bdub.net/gmcmotorhome.info/APC.html

 

[mickey szilagyi]

Just a heads-up if you get a stainless steel battery tray from Jim K. We just bought one and installed it and we like it. However, we had to shave off some of the inside at the ends of the fiberglass tray to get our two new Duracell golf cart batteries to fit in it. As I recall the inside length of the tray is 20.25 inches. In shopping for batteries we noticed the length dimensions varied slightly and some batteries were even longer than the ones we bought so we wonder if some will not fit.

http://members.apex-internet.com/mickey/images/batterytray2.jpg

We also had to cut off part of the latch at the left front as it would hit the front battery and not go into the locked position.

http://members.apex-internet.com/mickey/images/traylatch2.jpg

Both of these modifications are doable depending on the batteries you get/have. We sent this info to Jim K. so he knows the problems with the tray. Other than that the tray fits nicely in the battery area of our 1977 Kingsley. This photo and others in one of our albums will give you an idea of what we did.

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/generac-primepact-50g-installation/p49765-stainless-steel-batter.html


--
Mickey
1977 Kingsley, 403, Lansing, MI

 

[robert mueller]

Jay,

My Ragusa large passenger side front battery tray was seriously corroded so I cleaned it with a solution of baking soda and water
then had it powder coated black ($20). Then I sprayed both sides with Auto Zone truck bed coating ($7.98). Battery acid ain't
getting' to it any more! ;-)

Regards,
Rob M.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Rabe

I have an aluminum slide-out battery tray for the rear house batteries. I think it's a Ragusa, not sure. It's crusty and corroded
and I'd like to clean it and protect it from future repeats. Suggestions on how to do that? I have some battery terminal protection
spray and thought I might use that, though it's pretty spendy for a small spray can...

Thanks,

Jay

 

[emerystora]

After struggling with a Ragusa tray for a couple of years I pulled it out using a crowbar to slide the battery out and gave it to some poor soul at a rally and bought a stainless steel tray on rollers at the rally. Been very easy to water the batteries now.

Emery Stora
Emailing from Skagway Alaska

>
>
> I have an aluminum slide-out battery tray for the rear house batteries. I think it's a Ragusa, not sure. It's crusty and corroded and I'd like to clean it and protect it from future repeats. Suggestions on how to do that? I have some battery terminal protection spray and thought I might use that, though it's pretty spendy for a small spray can...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jay Rabe
> 76 PB
> Portland, OR
>
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[howard and sue]

Try backing soda and a brush
Howard
Alpine CA
74 Canyon Lands

All is well with my Lord

>
>
> I have an aluminum slide-out battery tray for the rear house batteries. I think it's a Ragusa, not sure. It's crusty and corroded and I'd like to clean it and protect it from future repeats. Suggestions on how to do that? I have some battery terminal protection spray and thought I might use that, though it's pretty spendy for a small spray can...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jay Rabe
> 76 PB
> Portland, OR
>
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[wrightjohn 2646]

Emery,
Are you cruising? Going north or coming south?

JR

> After struggling with a Ragusa tray for a couple of years I pulled it out using a crowbar to slide the battery out and gave it to some poor soul at a rally and bought a stainless steel tray on rollers at the rally. Been very easy to water the batteries now.
>
> Emery Stora
> Emailing from Skagway Alaska
>

 

[emerystora]

Cruising. We are heading north tonight. Will be in Glacier tomorrow and Anchorage on Sunday. Then a week's train ride with stops in Denali and Mt. McKinley and ending in Fairbanks, then flying back to Colorado.

Emery Stora

> Emery,
> Are you cruising? Going north or coming south?
>
> JR

>
>> After struggling with a Ragusa tray for a couple of years I pulled it out using a crowbar to slide the battery out and gave it to some poor soul at a rally and bought a stainless steel tray on rollers at the rally. Been very easy to water the batteries now.
>>
>> Emery Stora
>> Emailing from Skagway Alaska
>>

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[jay rabe]

Sounds like a good solution. I managed to get it clean with chiseling and baking soda and wire brushing, but it was tedious. It will do for now, but I'm looking seriously at Applied's tray with double slides.

Jay Rabe 76 PB Portland, OR

> From: robmueller
> To: gmclist
> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:16:44 -0500
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Battery tray corrosion
>
> Jay,
>
> My Ragusa large passenger side front battery tray was seriously corroded so I cleaned it with a solution of baking soda and water
> then had it powder coated black ($20). Then I sprayed both sides with Auto Zone truck bed coating ($7.98). Battery acid ain't
> getting' to it any more! ;-)
>
> Regards,
> Rob M.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Rabe
>
>
> I have an aluminum slide-out battery tray for the rear house batteries. I think it's a Ragusa, not sure. It's crusty and corroded
> and I'd like to clean it and protect it from future repeats. Suggestions on how to do that? I have some battery terminal protection
> spray and thought I might use that, though it's pretty spendy for a small spray can...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jay
>
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