Exploding car batteries

[William Magliocco]

An offshoot of the starter thread:

In my HS Physics class way back in 1979, we had a lab where Mr. Blackburn used Sears DieHard batteries as the source of EMF for various projects.  

One fine day, we all took a test in the class room.  When we were finished, we would head to the lab in an adjoining room.  One wise arse decided he liked making sparks by placing a "buss bar" across the terminals of a DieHard.  Explosion occurred, teacher had to wash the boy down and decided to keep the shirt he was wearing in a dishpan, allowing the rest of us to see what sulfuric acid did to a cotton dress shirt.

Now you go into an AutoZone and they always put the batteries that are under charging processes inside safety containers.

DISCONNECT THE BATTERY...that is all I can say.


 
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