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(ET) Carbon Monoxide While Charging?
- Subject: (ET) Carbon Monoxide While Charging?
- From: "Paul Heinzerling" <pheinzerling uakron edu>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 14:46:20 -0400
- References: <3B5AD633.5F4CE303@realns.com>
- Sender: owner-elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Does anyone know whether batteries charging in the final gassing phase
produce Carbon Monoxide? Last night while at the end of a charge with a
Lester automatic charger (finishing rate of about 45 volts and 7 amps) in a
large but closed garage, my CO detector went off and showed about 60 ppm.
I
aired the place out and it went to zero. Tried it again today and got a
repeat. Is this truly CO, or are CO detectors sensitive to hydrogen?
Either way, a scary new aspect to charging in a closed environment.
Paul Heinzerling
Hudson, OH