On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, developtrust wrote: > I wonder if it is a good idea to put a battery in the engine compartment. > Cars do it but I saw a Eurovan that had a battery explode (from heat?) and > started a fire that burned the whole engine. Is this just a freak accident? Probably a short. It happened to a Dodge Caravan on campus once, when I was in college. The guy lost the bolt to his positive battery clamp and used a metal C-clamp instead. The C-clamp shorted to the body and started the van on fire. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "...we're not getting the creeps who knocked the |___/ buildings down. We're getting the creeps whose address we know." -- Maureen Dowd |
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