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This is what I found today on my stock battery. Cleaned it and checked acid levels.

WOW that is a huge amount of corrosion... I have had mine now for nearly 2 years and it is as clean and pretty as the day it was made...

What in the world would cause that much corrosion...

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I'm so pissed right now I can barely type. Long story short went to start the slingshot today, exactly 7 days since I last started and BAM, dead battery....
Ive glanced at the battery posts before but thought since I bought a 16 this must have been addressed... Apparently not...

I'm going to start doing the research but wanted to get a feel if there is a definitive solution. Please don't suggest an Optima as I went that route back in 2004. Started with a red top, lasted 2 years. Went to a yellow top, lasted 2 years. They have great marketing but in my opinion their batteries suck...

Maybe a Blue top Optima.... LOL

Just kidding... you needed the laugh.... Is there any corrosion on it at all..... Do you have a drain on the system?? Just wondering why it was dead.... If you change batteries it would kill the new one if you had something slightly pulling on it.. Hope you can get it straightened out.....

Had the battery out to put in remote terminals. No sign of corrosion or leakage.
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Not sure how Optimas suck...
I have had a blue top in my truck for about 4 years now and I think I was one of the first to put an Optima in a SS and have had no problem with that one either.

A year ago I found something that was typical of many newly received SS the negative terminal was not tighten at all. I decided to check it again today while I was doing your headlight switch mod and found it like that, as to answer your question I don't know maybe the difference between metals copper and lead they do not interact well. Negative cable terminal is copper my guess the positive side is not. That maybe the culprit.

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Not sure how Optimas suck...
I have had a blue top in my truck for about 4 years now and I think I was one of the first to put an Optima in a SS and have had no problem with that one either.

yup the blue top in mine rocks, the oem is what sucks

As to how it happens, dissimiliar metals, condensation....

Best bet, after cleaning it up, dielectric grease during assembly and a thin coat on post and clamp...
And if you don't happen to have that available, any axle grease will do but apply a nice gob to post and clamp after assembly to cover exposed metals.

Just run 2 batteries like me.

Not all of us can be like you @rabtech. A lot of us still need a short bus to get around.

I'll show you how. Wait.... I think I did show y'all how to to run 2. batteries.

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I'll show you how. Wait.... I think I did show y'all how to to run 2. batteries.

Why use 2 batteries? Just use 1 GOOD one!

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Why use 2 batteries? Just use 1 GOOD one!

Your just jealous that your not running 2 good batteries!

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Your just jealous that your not running 2 good batteries!

Not really... If I really wanted to I could pull out the pass. seat and put in a whole bank of batteries.

And you're not running 2 GOOD batteries either...you are running 1 good one and the shitty stock battery.

I checked my battery post after I pick my Sling up, I knew to check the clamps thanks to the members on the forum. That was a little over a year ago, so it was the dark side, anyway, after checking the connection, I coated the post with a couple of coats of brushable electrical tape. When I pulled the battery out for storage last fall, there wasn't any corrosion at all. I'm not sure if there would have been any without the coating, but I reapplied the coating this spring again.

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I checked my battery post after I pick my Sling up, I knew to check the clamps thanks to the members on the forum. That was a little over a year ago, so it was the dark side, anyway, after checking the connection, I coated the post with a couple of coats of brushable electrical tape. When I pulled the battery out for storage last fall, there wasn't any corrosion at all. I'm not sure if there would have been any without the coating, but I reapplied the coating this spring again.