Wow. Is there any reason to suspect that the battery had been overvoltaged by a funky voltage regulator? Only because Andrew describes a battery failure due to voltage regulator failure, but in your case the battery failed right after starting the engine, yes? I don't know much about modes of failure for batteries but I'd think that an explosive failure of a lead acid battery due to overcharge would occur after the engine had been running for a while, allowing it to bake and pressurize. And I guess the battery would have to of the sealed type, too. What kind of battery was it? Brand and technology (flooded cell, AGM, gel)?
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR On 5/31/2008 7:00 PM Zoltan Kuthy wrote: > Just as I turned the key, booom, smoke and chaos. > Apparently, the battery exploded under the pass. seat. One cell leaked out completely, the others partially. The plastic of the battery fell apart at places. > Today, I was cleaning the whole thing up, POR 15, bedliner spray, cleaning ground, fitting with stainless bolt. > Otherwise all is well. > Zoltan > |
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