fixed a failed battery!
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Race Director
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From: central FL, near the beach.
fixed a failed battery!
72 went dead.
battery 2.2v!
cut holes in top.
failed connection between 2 cells.
drilled hole.
1/4-20 bolt.
fixed!
up to 12.71v.
1st time i've done this! was fun(dangerous acid), but i'm still going to get a new one soon but not today.
battery 2.2v!
cut holes in top.
failed connection between 2 cells.
drilled hole.
1/4-20 bolt.
fixed!
up to 12.71v.
1st time i've done this! was fun(dangerous acid), but i'm still going to get a new one soon but not today.
Le Mans Master
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From: indy indiana
each battery cell = 2 volts. Use care, I have seen,and had, batteries explode. Anyone doing this, please wear safty glasses,,darkness can last a long time. All that being said..congrats, not a bad quick fix ,till payday, on a "still good" battery.
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From: Dayton, Ohio
Be very careful !!!If that battery goes low on charge there will be a bubble of hydrogen gas sitting there.If the acid eats that bolt in two and it arcs you could have an explosion.You can buy a battery for $50
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Race Director
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your theory was tested when the rivit failed
Duh! Batteries fail all the time and they don't explode. you should be very red-faced.
Last edited by Matt Gruber; Jul 28, 2007 at 10:15 AM.
Safety Car
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had one explode on me. I got a whole new respect for them now.
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From: central FL, near the beach.
i never said u guys should do this!
i just was irked that it failed and i wanted to try to fix it. not suggesting it is "worth it"
it was just another battery experiment for me. see my site, page down, for other battery experiments way beyond your capabilities.
i just was irked that it failed and i wanted to try to fix it. not suggesting it is "worth it"
it was just another battery experiment for me. see my site, page down, for other battery experiments way beyond your capabilities.
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Drills and batteries don't mix
A drill has sparks inside when running, a battery has explosive vapors coming off of it. Get too close and, Well you get the idea ! I had a battery explode in my shop when I was clear across the shop grinding and somehow a spark must have found it's way over there. They sound like a land mine.
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Bone stock battery in a bone stock 84 S-10 Blazer, which at the time was about 1 year old. I can't remember if this was before or after one of the Firestone LT tires blew up at 55mph on the 2-lane state highway. I have to give my mother credit, she did an incredible job getting the POS stopped safely. My parents gave me the junker for my first car in HS, and it spend another two years trying to kill me before I finally got rid of it.