What's that powdery, crystallized stuff inside your battery case? Classic battery corrosion. While it can be a frustrating and potentially dangerous matter to resolve, it isn't usually hard to clean ...

If you notice your vehicle isn't starting as it should, it's important to check your battery and clean the terminals to ...

WD-40 may seem like a miracle oil, but you have to choose the right variant when cleaning your car's battery. There are ...

My truck, mostly due to age, has needed some routine maintenance recently. About two weeks ago I was changing the air filter when I noticed that my battery terminals were REALLY corroded. I made a ...

In this day and age, battery-operated tools have become the norm across the board. From more professional brands to those intended for DIY enthusiasts, corded tools have become far less common than ...

Battery spills are dangerous, primarily when discussing high-powered battery systems, such as those used in commercial and industrial gadgets and machinery. Since liquid and residue from car batteries ...

Double A batteries are great. Until you leave a camera in a drawer for awhile and the batteries leak and make a mess. I was traveling and bought off-brand batteries at a gas station. The corrosion ...

I'm sure anyone who's ever jump-started a car, replaced a car battery, or built a small 12V DIY nipple-torture device has seen this: a powdery, white and blue and maybe sometimes green substance on ...

Dear Heloise: I am a single woman in my 20s, and I travel in my car quite a lot for work. An essential tool in my vehicle is a large metal FLASHLIGHT that I carry in my glove box. At the risk of ...

Have you ever gone to use a mouse, camera or remote control that's been sitting around for a while, only to find the batteries and their compartment covered in a white-ish crusty residue? That crust ...

Energy storage is an essential element of the clean energy transition, from the electrification of cars to helping smooth out the intermittency of variable renewables such as wind and solar.