Exploding Batteries

[Brooks Harkey <vm.dude@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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VERY good advice.  I've seen this happen before too.  I have 14 cars, and
another thing weird along these lines happened in my Oldsmo**le convertible,
but could just as easily have happened in either of my Imperials.  I'd gone
to visit my father across town.  After having been there an hour or so, I
got in the car to leave, and as soon as I turned the key there was a big
BOOM! and the battery had exploded into 3 pieces.  I had to borrow his truck
to go get another one; had to hose out the engine / battery compartment,
etc.  It was a mess.  No clue why this happened; the car was otherwise fine.
 Since then, if the hood is up and someone's going to start the car, I try
to make sure I'm not standing near the battery.  Of course, with the hood
up, there's more ventilation than there was that day in the driveway with
the hood shut....

--Brooks in Dallas


EDWARD NOBLE wrote:
> This is very good information from Mark and even though it is not
> strictly Imperial related it is appropriate.
> I have had experience with exploding batteries and believe me its
> no fun.
> I had just charged a battery in my car closed the hood jumped in and
> hit the ignition when the thing blew.  Talk about a mess.  Thankfully I
> wasn't in its direct path.
> Ed
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark McDonald" <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 6:25 PM
> Subject: IML: Exploding Batteries
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> > This is not strictly Imperial related, but it's a safety issue and I
> > thought it was important to pass this along.
> >
> > I am working on a project with a fellow who used to work for one of the
> > major battery manufacturers and he has been telling me some of the
> > horror stories that he became aware of regarding lead acid batteries--
> > the type most commonly found in automobiles (and Imperials).
> >
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