Battery charging safety??????

[redliner1973]

Well, $36 isn't bad, really..I usually chuck 'em earlier when they start to loose water in the cells. Usually means that its taking a dump soon anyhow. they just don't make good ones anymore that I have found.

[Anonymous]

Well, $36 isn't bad, really..I usually chuck 'em earlier when they start to loose water in the cells. Usually means that its taking a dump soon anyhow. they just don't make good ones anymore that I have found.

I have heard many folks say to change them ever year needed or not--I just cant bring my self to do that--its the Scotsman and netherlander blood that is burried somewhere deep in my past.

[TheNose]

If you are working on a car battery still in the car look at the hood. If it is something like a dodge pick up truck it will "catch" the hydrogen as it floats up. When you disconnect the battery or try to start the truck you can light up the gas caught by the hood.

If you are afraid of a battery blowing up on you you may as well go one step further than safety glasses. Cover your face with your hand or arm and look away...they will heal up faster than your eyes. You shouldn't really need to see what you are doing as a chimp can hook up a battery. This is a common practice in the utility sector (covering the face, not employing chimps). I was shown a picture of somebody who had an Electric Meter blow up while he was plugging the thing in and you could see that his whole head was purple except where his hand was over his face. He made it out well enough in the end too

My cousin worked for an electric company in East Texas and had an Electric Meter blow up in his face. I didn't see him until a couple of years later, but his back is still messed up from getting knocked flat.

Terry