Re: battery blow up

Posted by RAB on December 22, 2004 at 09:36:43 from (195.93.34.11):

In Reply to: Re: battery blow up posted by novice on December 22, 2004 at 08:40:25:

Novice,
If it is a trickle charger, why disconnect the battery lead (disconnecting and reconnecting are danger times) - just connect across the battery in circuit, but not to the battery terminals,(plural)!
Connect live lead securely to the battery live-side, then connect the earthing connector to the frame well away from the battery, then switch on. Disconnect in reverse orde after switching off battery charger. Same procedure if using jump leads as well!
Your battery probably blew "cos there was a spark at one of the terminals when you tried to draw starter motor load. If you had a drain on the battery, you were lucky it did not blow on reconnection.
Over-charging a battery causing water to be electrolysed generates oxygen and hydrogen in PERFECT proportions for the maximum bang (two volumes of hydrogen to one volume of oxygen). If your battery has one cell "poorly" it will try to over-charge the other cells (as the voltage control is now ineffective) or maybe the float charge cut-out setting is a tad too high.
Above all, be safe.
Regards, RAB

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