> I'll bet I tasted a fluid you didn't. ...Couldn't be water either, since > this Westy was aircooled. So, like an > idiot, I touched my finger to it and tasted it. > > It was battery acid. Turns out that before bouncing merrily down the road > behind me, the tread from my tire had punctured the bottom of my bus, the > battery tray, and the bottom of the battery itself. Mmm-mmm good!! > > Heh. True, I can't say that I've ever tasted battery acid from a CAR, but back when I was an electrician, I once tasted it. I was changing battery powered emergency lights in a hallway and had just eaten a candy bar. After pulling an old one down I saw on the back of my hand what looked like a blobby smear of caramel. So I licked it off. Turns out that the acid gel inside a "sealed" gel-cell battery (as used in emergency lights) can look a bit like caramel--- the battery was leaking in the unit I removed. It wasn't enough to hurt my tongue, but it sure was sour... -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" |
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