Got a little bit of a buzz of a leisure battery

So I’ve been tinkering with a leisure battery that wouldn’t hold a charge ..

Tried all sorts of methods of charging to no avail ..

emptied a bit of acid out and ‘cooked’ it with some Epsom salts and refilled the battery - voila , it charged and holds it , ran a cool box of it for a couple of hours and it was fine .

so tonight I emptied it out , cleaned it out with a hose pipe and topped up with fresh battery acid .. fingers crossed ..

what did surprise me was a rattle I got off it when emptying it
As a sparky by trade I’m used to getting the odd belt but this took me by surprise , I never ever felt anything ever from a battery till tonight .. proper belt ..

anyway .. thought you like to know .. I survived and feel somewhat invigorated

 

Battery acid? I think you may be imagining things.

 

Nah... deffo a bit of a feel of a belt ... did get a bit of acid burn but this was akin to a belt

 

Most odd. In theory, it can't do that.

 

I know , never ever had anything like it , both hands were soaked in acid and I have a ring on each hand , I think I only felt the effect round one of the posts - couldn’t tell you if it was + or - though ... very weird , enough of a tingle to make me out the thing down and get some gloves on

 

Spoooooooky . As you're well aware, the chemistry of it means in can't generate more than a certain voltage. 'Tis not possible.

Any strange lights in the sky round your way...?

 

Ha ha .. no strange lights .. bit of rare language though at one point though

 

What were you smoking?

 

Had you previously been rubbing your head with a balloon?

 

Thinking about it in depth whilst I should have been sleeping , it’s maybe the same effect as sticking a pp3 battery on your tongue

 

Possibly passive smoking whatever the neighbours seem to be using .. it’s strong enough

 

Yes, whilst patting my stomach

 

If you have a slight cut in your skin you can get a shock, with conductive electrolytes. I have had a shock off a water covered 9 volt battery.

Also if the leisure circuit has a fridge or something with a motor in it that can produce inductive kicks.

 

You beat me to it about having a cut ....i have done that it's the swiftness of the reaction .

 

Were you eating Haribo Tangfastics? They’ve got a little bit of electricity in them.

 

No cuts but my hands are generally gnarly mess so quite possible ..