[Shop-talk] battery exploded ???

[Pat Horne]

Never had this happen.  Instead of getting a battery & rolling the dice as to whether you have a short in the generator, use the battery in a vehicle with jumper cables & put a headlight in series with it. If the headlight doesn’t light when you connect the leads, you don’t have a short. 

Peace, Pat. 

Pat Horne 
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On Oct 6, 2023, at 6:22 PM, john <jniolon at att.net> wrote:


here's a new one for me... Hadn't heard my generator exercise lately so tried to start it manually...click..ckick
 
pulled the cover off and here's what I found... top and side blown  off and of course fluid drained out
 
looks like it exploded... anyone seen this before??   can't trouble shoot till I get another battery... what...other than a direct
short would cause this??   what/where/how would you troubleshoot ??
 
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