Re: exploding battery

["Mark L. Chang" <mchang@ece.nwu.edu>]

Same exploder with the 'ol Renault Fuego in a former life.  Poor
maintenance probably did it, I'm sure.

On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Mike Mulholland wrote:

> i had a battery explode on my 82 chev wagon...it happened while starting and
> was certainly quite a surprise. i put it down to poor maintenance on my
> part. there was very little battery acid so i surmised that the very low
> acid level had somehow caused an internal spark or overheating. i replaced
> the battery and never had any further problem. i now know that a
> 'maintenance free' battery isn't maintenance free. i check my batteries
> regularly nowadays.

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