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Re: [Shop-talk] battery exploded ???

To: john <jniolon@att.net>, Shop Talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] battery exploded ???
From: Jim Stone <1789alpine@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2023 09:04:25 -0400
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I don=E2=80=99t know if this is relevant but FWIW, I had this happen 30 =
years ago with a Mercedes 230sl I owned.  I turned the key to start the =
car and BOOM!  (I now know what a mafioso=E2=80=99s last thoughts are: =
=E2=80=9CWhat the f=E2=80=9D was probably all I would have had time to =
think.)  I may be wrong about this, but I attributed the problem to =
repeatedly discharging and charging the battery weakening the case, as =
the car tended to sit a lot and not get driven.  I replaced the battery =
and never had another problem.

Jim

> On Oct 6, 2023, at 2:12 PM, john <jniolon@att.net> wrote:
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> here's a new one for me... Hadn't heard my generator exercise lately =
so tried to start it manually...click..ckick
> =20
> pulled the cover off and here's what I found... top and side blown  =
off and of course fluid drained out
> =20
> 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 ??
> =20
> <IMG_0634.jpg>
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charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">I don=E2=80=99t =
know if this is relevant but FWIW, I had this happen 30 years ago with a =
Mercedes 230sl I owned. &nbsp;I turned the key to start the car and =
BOOM! &nbsp;(I now know what a mafioso=E2=80=99s last thoughts are: =
=E2=80=9CWhat the f=E2=80=9D was probably all I would have had time to =
think.) &nbsp;I may be wrong about this, but I attributed the problem to =
repeatedly discharging and charging the battery weakening the case, as =
the car tended to sit a lot and not get driven. &nbsp;I replaced the =
battery and never had another =
problem.<div><br></div><div>Jim<br><div><br><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div>On Oct 6, 2023, at 2:12 PM, john =
&lt;jniolon@att.net&gt; wrote:</div><br =
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<div><font face=3D"Segoe UI">here's a new one for me... Hadn't heard my =
generator exercise lately so tried to start it =
manually...click..ckick</font></div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div><font face=3D"Segoe UI">pulled the cover off and here's what I =
found... top and side blown&nbsp; off and of course fluid drained =
out</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Segoe UI"></font>&nbsp;</div>
<div><font face=3D"Segoe UI">looks like it exploded... anyone seen this =
before??&nbsp;&nbsp; can't trouble shoot till I get another battery... =
what...other than a direct</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Segoe UI">short would cause this??&nbsp;&nbsp; =
what/where/how would you troubleshoot ??</font></div>
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