HappySquirrel
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Hey everyone,
I recently had to replace my battery (3.5 years old) which is no big deal. BUT, when I pulled off the plastic battery cover I was surprised to see a chonk-load of corrosion around the negative battery terminal. I cleaned it off and replaced the battery and everything is fine.
So, I know that corrosion on the negative battery terminal usually means undercharging of the battery (and corrosion on the + terminal means overcharging). I have had a Rockford Fosgate RF 12 powered subwoofer installed for approximately 2 years (and there wasn't any corrosion when I installed it). I figure this has something to do with the corrosion problem (and probably decreased the battery's life to some extent). However, I did wire it so that the sub turns off when the car is off (by wiring the 12V cut-off wire to the car's back camera wire), and I usually don't run the sub very hard (about 2/5 volume). Also, after searching on this forum it sounds like quite a few people have issues with corrosion on either the negative or positive terminal.
My question is, do you guys think this is relatively normal? Should I be worried? I really don't want to give up my subwoofer, and unfortunately I can't find a higher power alternator for the ecoboost Mustang.
I recently had to replace my battery (3.5 years old) which is no big deal. BUT, when I pulled off the plastic battery cover I was surprised to see a chonk-load of corrosion around the negative battery terminal. I cleaned it off and replaced the battery and everything is fine.
So, I know that corrosion on the negative battery terminal usually means undercharging of the battery (and corrosion on the + terminal means overcharging). I have had a Rockford Fosgate RF 12 powered subwoofer installed for approximately 2 years (and there wasn't any corrosion when I installed it). I figure this has something to do with the corrosion problem (and probably decreased the battery's life to some extent). However, I did wire it so that the sub turns off when the car is off (by wiring the 12V cut-off wire to the car's back camera wire), and I usually don't run the sub very hard (about 2/5 volume). Also, after searching on this forum it sounds like quite a few people have issues with corrosion on either the negative or positive terminal.
My question is, do you guys think this is relatively normal? Should I be worried? I really don't want to give up my subwoofer, and unfortunately I can't find a higher power alternator for the ecoboost Mustang.
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