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Date:         Sun, 9 May 1999 10:56:48 -0700
Reply-To:     Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Subject:      Re: battery explosion
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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.












      OLTECO                    Ari Ollikainen
      P.O. BOX 3688             Networking Architecture and Technology
      Stanford, CA              Ari@OLTECO.com
      94309-3688                415.517.3519
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