At 1:33 PM 5/9/99, EMZ wrote: > A battery under normal conditions gives off a very small amount >of Hydrogen. Under strain, or a very heavy charge, a battery is a >bomb waiting for a spark to set it off. This is why jump starting >a car is very dangerous. It wonder why more people aren't killed >by these activities. > Probably because the person starting the car ISN'T standing in front of the battery...? Procedurally, it's just sensible NOT to connect jumpers to the dead battery from a battery in a vehicle that's being charged by a running engine.
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