Battery acid

[fsviatko]

I have a flashlight that leaked battery acid. Is there any way to dissolve this acid or just scrape it off as best I can.

[WW]

I use household ammonia, works good. Use in well ventilated area. WW

[Thomas]

Small wire brush with baking soda and water.

Or just scrape it off.

[Higgs Boson]

Is the flashlight worth all that effort? Or is this one of those "gotta see if I can do it" projects (that I often get involved in )

HB

[notbob]

Mix baking soda with water, pour over acid areas.

nb

[Pete C.]

As others have noted, it is quite unlikely that you had an acid type battery in a flashlight. In all probability the battery is an alkaline chemistry, in which case a mild acid soak in vinegar may help.

[clare]

I actually have a couple of rechargeable LED flashlights that use starved electrolyte lead acid batteries.

[clare]

Most likely NOT acid, but Alkaline - in which case you could try vinegar- - - - -

[DD_BobK]

Bingo....

if the battery was an alkaline type, alkaline batteries are prone to leaking potassium hydroxide, a caustic agent

netralize with vinegar

cheers Bob

[bpuharic]

mild solution of baking soda will dissolve it. you can also use ammonia

[fsviatko]

My description was wrong the flashlight is a Maglite LED three cell with Duracell alkaline batteries. Thanks for all who replied for your help.

[chaniarts]

duracell will replace it if you send it to them.

[Pete C.]

Yep, a friend of mine had a $500 piece of test equipment replaced. He was about to toss it when I suggested he call the 800 number on the batteries that leaked. A little postage to ship it to them and a couple weeks later a brand new unit arrived.

[DT]

We used them a lot on research projects (NASA). The ones we used were X cells, somewhat larger than D cells:

[willshak]

I had the same problem with a 3 D cell capacity Maglight. I filled it with white vinegar. You can see the bubbling as the vinegar neutralizes the acid.

[krw]

With alkaline batteries?

[Jim Yanik]

willshak wrote in news:C4idnfiJ7LZEC8vQnZ2dnUVZ [e-mail]:

vinegar IS an acid,and it neutralizes the ALKALINE electrolyte(not acid) of the battery.

[Nate Nagel]

well, yes, because vinegar is an acid.

nate

[krw]

Now ask yourself, does "vinegar neutralizes the acid" make any sense with alkaline batteries? If you still don't see the silliness here, does vinegar really neutralize itself? Come on!

[Roy]

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=3D=3D There, I corrected the posting...now are you all happy? =3D=3D