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Subject: [Shop-talk] battery tender
From: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall)
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 18:29:32 -0700
References: <1b4b3f31.18fae9.1310eea95e8.Webtop.47@charter.net><1b4b3f31.18fae9.1310eea95e8.Webtop.47@charter.net> <5.1.0.14.2.20110709144347.00bef448@mail.avvanta.com>
> The noise was 
> the sound of boiling battery acid. 

FWIW, I've had a similar experience that was caused not by the alternator
but by a shorted cell in the battery.

I wasn't so lucky, though, the hydrogen/oxygen mixture got ignited and the
first thing I knew about it was someone knocking on the door : "Did you know
your car is smoking?"

Stupid car design : running the hood release cable above the battery !

-- Randall  

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