RE: (ET) 12 volt batteries

["Hazen, Dwight L" <hazen indiana edu>]

Well, I think this sums up the battery issue. Use batteries made for the 
job
and make sure the connections are clean and tight. 

I can guess what happened with the temporary battery tractor move. High
current draw from a small battery produced lots of hydrogen gas and a loose
battery connection caused a spark. Also if the water was not covering the
plates it would have made a larger chamber for gas to collect, blowing the
top off the battery.

  BE careful out there!

  Dwight 

Dwight L. Hazen, Indiana University, UITS 
Bloomington, In. 47408-7378 Phone 812-855-5367 hazen indiana edu
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-----Original Message-----
From: habooly earthlink net [mailto:habooly earthlink net] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 1:00 AM
To: ELECTRAK
Subject: (ET) 12 volt batteries

I used 3 old  12-volt batteries to move my tractor up a ramp and one of the
batteries blew apart. 
They were automobile batteries, not deep-cycle.