RE: Battery explosion

[Steven Charette <stevec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott,
	Glad to hear no one was hurt and the damage wasn't worse.  

	Like one-size-fits-all clothing, maintenance-free batteries aren't.
If they had serviceable caps you could check them and avoid problems like
this but that would screw up the whole planned-obsolescence scenario...

SC 

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Mirabella [mailto:jmirab2972@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:54 PM
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Battery explosion


Hey Guys,
Had my convertible out today. It started drizzling, so I went outside to put
the top up. As I turned the key... KAPOW. Like a shotgun under the hood.
Opened her up to find the battery blown up. I've been nursing this battery
all winter. Using a trickle charger to keep it alive. Guy at work told me
the continuous charging lowers (evaporated) the acid and the lead in the
cells arcs causing the explosion. Good news is there was not a lot of acid
under the hood. I made up a sodium bicarbonate solution and sprayed it down
twice, then rinsed it with H2O when I got home. On a brighter note I put a
brand new Group 27 battery in, and it fits perfectly!
Scott Mirabella
1964 Fury convertible
383 4speed


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