Date:         Thu, 13 Oct 1994 13:59:00 -0500 (CDT)
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From:         Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti>
Subject:      re: cold start (honest, honey, it just blew up itself!)

On Thu, 13 Oct 1994, J. Walker wrote:
> while and let the gas bleed off.  other folks i know always put a rag over
> the top of the battery ... i've never quite understood the reasoning behind
> this, but they always do it 'to prevent explosions'.  (all the hydrogen gas
> that i ever knew would go right through a rag).

Actually, the reason for the rag is so that when the battery explodes, the 
acids are contained to some degree.  

--
Gerry
Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@med.umn.edu> U of MN Med School Admin 6-5379

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