I probably should have added:
Two times I have had a battery explode. The first as a teenager I was charging a battery and disconnected the clip from the battery charger without shutting if off and allowing the gasses to clear. The caps on all three cells (6VDC) blew off and made a small mess. The second time was aboard Bandersnatch I had hooked my (then) gas engine driven welder to the start battery to help start the main engine. After I started the main engine I had to disconnect the welder and realized that whether or not the welder was running there would be a spark when I made the disconnect so I was ready for the explosion. It blew the cap off the nearest cell only but I was as far away as I could be. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek FL 30 07.72N 081 38.4W _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
