Re: Re: Jump Starting 6 volt with 12 volts

Posted by lee on January 16, 2004 at 21:10:22 from (24.24.92.235):

In Reply to: Re: Jump Starting 6 volt with 12 volts posted by Jeff on January 16, 2004 at 15:01:06:

One thing to watch out for is that hydrogen gas
mixed with oxygen in the air is very explosive. Hydrogen gas is produced when a battery is charging. If you remove a battery cap while charging the bubbles you see are hydrogen gas.
Any time you charge or jump a battery there is potential for sparks to ignite the hydrogen/oxygen mixture. That's why they tell you to make the final gouund connection at the frame
or some place other than the battery post away from the battery. Sparks at the post have potential to ignite the mixture.
A 6 volt battery hooked to a 12 Volt will be generating large amounts of hydrogen gas in a hurry. The battery will get very hot, very quickly. It may explode with the spark when you disconnect or it may simply blow due to internal
heat build-up or internal short.

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