Show Cable Cuts Corrosion Problems starts No-starts in automobiles arc are often caused by corroded ba battery battery bat bat- t- t tery cables and connectors Inventor George Georg Voida of the Atomic Energy Commissions Commission's Commissions Commission's Commissions Commission's Commis Commis- sion's Sandia Labora Laboratories tories in New Mexico working on a anew anew anew new cable design for nuclear weapons has come up with a solution to the problem in automobile cables In conventional battery cables the different t electrical poten potentials of the dissimilar metals in the cables cause them to corrode and deteriorate deteriorate rate when connected to a aba ba battery The problem is avoided in inthe inthe inthe the new battery because it has nickel lugs nickel shield hield and copper conductors clad with nickel Joints are pulse pulse- arc welded and the cable is protected from external damage dam dam- damage age by a bonded polyurethane polyurethane thane jacket |