How can batterys blow up?

Not nice getting a acid shower.....



How the hell did that happen?

 

Something caused the hydrogen gas to ignite while it was charging...

 

would it be a grinder perhaps.....

 

Ouch Not seen one go bang for a long time.


When you are charging them hydrogen gas is given off and normally vented, but if the vent is blocked if there isn't one you should remove the top caps, otherwise it pressurises the battery case and can go boom

 

That would do it

Hydrogen gas + red hot steel shards =

 

Either a build up of gas whilst charging due to a blocked vent or an internal short circuit across one or more cells due to plates collapsing under the stress of high rate charging. I would suspect the latter given the two visible sets of plates are distorted.

 

woops thats one lesson learnt the hard way

 

Just saw the grinder post, yep that would have an effect

 

At collage we put a big spanner across the terminals of a truck battery to show the stored energy it went bang and melted a hole in the ceiling tiles

 

you can say that again ,at least it was`nt my battery ,better tell mrs lef she needs a new one......

 

We sleep above our battery in the van while its charging through the hook up.

 

I hope it's vented (seriously).

 

Well it's in the engine bay so that's ventilated but as for the batteries, I assume that if they need vents the manufacturers have fitted vents already. I know they are both sealed for life ones, so none of the little screw caps that me and my Dad used to unscrew when he charged his battery in the old days.

 

yes, after I finished grinding....Good job I was wearing googles at the time...

 

Thought you meant it was under the R&R bed...

 

is Pronto Mick OK?

 

I would stop charging it now as it probably wont hold a charge. Did you not just dive in the pool ?

 

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