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Date:         Thu, 13 Oct 94 18:59:25 EDT
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From:         dcarment@ccs.carleton.ca (David Carment)
Subject:      re: cold start (honest, honey, it just blew up itself!)

J. Walker writes: > > batteries WILL definitely explode, under the right conditions. i know of > two folks who barely escaped loosing their eyesight when this happened. > luckily, the worst damage was acid burns on their clothing and on the car > paint. > > as i understand it, the most hydrogen gas is generated after you really > crank on it a while ... so BEFORE you attach the jumper cables, wait a > 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). > > it is a tribute to the makers of the batteries in general that MORE of them > don't explode ... considering how batteries are treated by the 'mechanics' > and grease-monkies at auto-service businesses. and owner-drivers. :) > > joel > You are right about that Joel, but in the case of my exploding/melting/burning CANADIAN TIRE battery, it simply was not charging properly. It may have been a faulty regulator. The regulator may have caused the battery to be overcharged at highway speeds----- DC If batterires are prone to explosion and gas leakage how did VW get away with putting them in the bug? DC

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