[Shop-talk] battery exploded ???

[old dirtbeard]

Guessing here, but perhaps the battery sulfated, the plates touched/shorted
and caused internal short.

If the battery was not vented adequately, vents plugged, etc., it could
have pressurized and exploded.

I use desulfating trickle chargers/battery tenders on all of my lead acid
batteries in hopes to extend the battery life and hopefully to prevent this
scenario.

Again, though, just guessing here.

On Fri, Oct 6, 2023 at 11:33 PM Pat Horne <patintexas at icloud.com> wrote:

> 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 ??
>
> <IMG_0634.jpg>
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-- 
Best,

Doug
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