Exploding Battery
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12-26-2007, 06:47 AM
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Exploding Battery
Has this happened to anyone? A couple years ago I turned the key to start my 94 Ram when I heard what sounded like a 12 guage shotgun being fired. I was with my son at a local boy scout camp so my initial thought was that one of the little brats had M-80ed me. The truck wouldn't start so I popped the hood and found that my battery had blown completely apart. The top had blown off with such force that it dented the hood. If my head had been under the hood when it happened it would have killed me or worse.
I hadn't had any problems with the battery and had used it only a week earlier to jump start my lawn mower. Nowadays I'm extremely respectfull of any battery I work around regardless of how old or new they are. These things can take your head off.
I hadn't had any problems with the battery and had used it only a week earlier to jump start my lawn mower. Nowadays I'm extremely respectfull of any battery I work around regardless of how old or new they are. These things can take your head off.
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12-26-2007, 06:57 AM
RE: Exploding Battery
Yeah that happened to me once, but that was due to an extreme overcharging problem i was having at the time. The battery was under the seat on my t bucket... scared the living **** out of me. thank god i had a steel seat bottom on it instead of the normal wood like everyone else uses. i thought ahead, just never thought it would actually come in handy!
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12-26-2007, 11:51 AM
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RE: Exploding Battery
my friend's dad works in a battery recycling center. they test all the car batteries before they send them to be refurbished. he had just tested a couple batteries, took them out of the tester & was carrying them over to a pallet, and one exploded while he was carrying it. broke a couple of his ribs & gave him nasty acid scars/burns. He's very lucky he didn't get killed from that experience.
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12-26-2007, 12:00 PM
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I keep telling people when jumping a vehicle the jumper cables go positive to postive and then negative on the donor to a GROUND on the engine block or where the negative cable bolts to the dead vehicle. But no, people think it goes P to P and N to N and that it's cute when there are little sparks. One guy I knew always rolled his eyes at me then I told him that someday he's going to learn the hard way because you never know if there is escaping hydrogen gas around the top of the battery. Another guy I know said he never paid it heed until one exploded on him one day and he thanked God he was wearing eye protection.
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12-26-2007, 01:40 PM
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RE: Exploding Battery
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I keep telling people when jumping a vehicle the jumper cables go positive to postive and then negative on the donor to a GROUND on the engine block or where the negative cable bolts to the dead vehicle. But no, people think it goes P to P and N to N and that it's cute when there are little sparks. One guy I knew always rolled his eyes at me then I told him that someday he's going to learn the hard way because you never know if there is escaping hydrogen gas around the top of the battery. Another guy I know said he never paid it heed until one exploded on him one day and he thanked God he was wearing eye protection.
I keep telling people when jumping a vehicle the jumper cables go positive to postive and then negative on the donor to a GROUND on the engine block or where the negative cable bolts to the dead vehicle. But no, people think it goes P to P and N to N and that it's cute when there are little sparks. One guy I knew always rolled his eyes at me then I told him that someday he's going to learn the hard way because you never know if there is escaping hydrogen gas around the top of the battery. Another guy I know said he never paid it heed until one exploded on him one day and he thanked God he was wearing eye protection.
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12-26-2007, 04:03 PM
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RE: Exploding Battery
ive heard it multiple times, it even says it in the manuels. i jumped off my roomate and he is one of those "nah dont do it that way" i just looked at him and was like READ THE BOOK *******. i dont want to pay the price the hard way. im always easy around batteries anyway, they are unpredictable sometimes.
