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From: Michael A. Terrell on 27 Apr 2010 18:47 John Larkin wrote: > > Lots of people are afraid of car batteries. Have you ever had one explode in your vehicle? -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida http://www.flickr.com/photos/materrell/
From: John Larkin on 27 Apr 2010 19:02 On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:47:08 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >John Larkin wrote: >> >> Lots of people are afraid of car batteries. > > > Have you ever had one explode in your vehicle? No. I've heard of it happening but it's very improbable. But it won't shock you. John
From: krw on 27 Apr 2010 19:26 On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:02:35 -0700, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:47:08 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" ><mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >>John Larkin wrote: >>> >>> Lots of people are afraid of car batteries. >> >> >> Have you ever had one explode in your vehicle? > >No. I've heard of it happening but it's very improbable. But it won't >shock you. You'd be at least surprised, if it exploded in your face! ;-)
From: baron on 28 Apr 2010 04:54 krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz Inscribed thus: > On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:02:35 -0700, John Larkin > <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >>On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:47:08 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" >><mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> >>>John Larkin wrote: >>>> >>>> Lots of people are afraid of car batteries. >>> >>> >>> Have you ever had one explode in your vehicle? >> >>No. I've heard of it happening but it's very improbable. But it won't >>shock you. > > You'd be at least surprised, if it exploded in your face! > > ;-) Saw a mechanic once that took a battery terminal off whilst the engine was running. It didn't explode the battery but some of the fill plugs certainly shot out... :-) -- Best Regards: Baron.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 28 Apr 2010 07:46
John Larkin wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:47:08 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" > <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > >John Larkin wrote: > >> > >> Lots of people are afraid of car batteries. > > > > > > Have you ever had one explode in your vehicle? > > No. I've heard of it happening but it's very improbable. But it won't > shock you. It happened to one of my cars. I found out after I bought it, when the hood started to rust along the rolled edges. It may not shock you, but it can spray you with Sulpheric acid and shrapnel. |