So batteries do explode after all lol
10-08-2009, 05:39 PM
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So batteries do explode after all lol So yeah i should just blog this up but figured it might be a good read if your bored.
So last night i got my car back after i toasted a head gasket. I metup with my friend a local food place and we redid the tune with acouple adjustments.
On the way home i drove over a very bumpy pair of railroad tracks and noticed the lights flicker in my car. Soon after it died. I Figured a terminal clamp had come loose. It was rather dark at the time and had no flashlights to check. My friend showed up with a light and checked the battery out. The top half of the battery was split in half and acid was everywhere! WTF! LOL
So we got the terminal clamps off. The batteries in these cars are a PITA even in the light. So my friend drove me to Walmart and i picked up a Battery.
We bought a couple of bungee cables and retro fitted the battery under the hood then bungeed the hood down the best we could.
Made it home safe and sound. Took 6 hours to clean up all the acid splashes it got into everything!!!!!!!. Baking soda and warm water washed everything.
Question is has anyone had a similiar incident?
Thanks for reading the boring read haha
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So last night i got my car back after i toasted a head gasket. I metup with my friend a local food place and we redid the tune with acouple adjustments.
On the way home i drove over a very bumpy pair of railroad tracks and noticed the lights flicker in my car. Soon after it died. I Figured a terminal clamp had come loose. It was rather dark at the time and had no flashlights to check. My friend showed up with a light and checked the battery out. The top half of the battery was split in half and acid was everywhere! WTF! LOL
So we got the terminal clamps off. The batteries in these cars are a PITA even in the light. So my friend drove me to Walmart and i picked up a Battery.
We bought a couple of bungee cables and retro fitted the battery under the hood then bungeed the hood down the best we could.
Made it home safe and sound. Took 6 hours to clean up all the acid splashes it got into everything!!!!!!!. Baking soda and warm water washed everything.
Question is has anyone had a similiar incident?
Thanks for reading the boring read haha
SigmaX6
07 GXP
Mods:
DIY intake
Vector IAT
Flipped Motor mount
Shift Kit
Trifecta Tune
TBS
13.9 best time
AVG 14.1
10-08-2009, 06:54 PM
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so yall havent read the warnings for batteries? LOL
When you charge a lead acid battery (traditional car battery) the by product is Hydrogen gas (Hindenburg anyone). That is why the warnings say only charge in a well ventalated area. and not to charge the battery in the car when the hood is closed... but when you are driving isnt the alt. charging the battery LOL. When its charging the acid inside can begin to boil (usually over charging).
Consider yourself lucky. I the last one I saw that exploded was in the shop. It lierally blew the headlight out of the car. It was on a charger and the hood was lowered down onto the safety latch.
But under normal conditions its NOT normal for a battery to explode. It can happen but something that isnt likely. Now you Dry cell batteries (optimas) dont produce the same hydrogen gas so the wont explode. This is also why you can trunk mount an optima and leave it open in the truck but a normal battery has to be put in a battery box with a vent tube installed
When you charge a lead acid battery (traditional car battery) the by product is Hydrogen gas (Hindenburg anyone). That is why the warnings say only charge in a well ventalated area. and not to charge the battery in the car when the hood is closed... but when you are driving isnt the alt. charging the battery LOL. When its charging the acid inside can begin to boil (usually over charging).
Consider yourself lucky. I the last one I saw that exploded was in the shop. It lierally blew the headlight out of the car. It was on a charger and the hood was lowered down onto the safety latch.
But under normal conditions its NOT normal for a battery to explode. It can happen but something that isnt likely. Now you Dry cell batteries (optimas) dont produce the same hydrogen gas so the wont explode. This is also why you can trunk mount an optima and leave it open in the truck but a normal battery has to be put in a battery box with a vent tube installed
10-08-2009, 06:55 PM
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10-08-2009, 09:04 PM
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Wouldnt be harder than any other car. make a good ground in the truck will be the hardest thing. I got a 1100watt RMS amp and 1.5farad capacitor back there and all I really had to do to ground them was find a spot to scrap some paint off. Power wire is run down the passanger side under the side molding/carpet inside then out a groment and too the power distribution block by the battery. My stereo is all 4 gauge Kicker wire, so its about the size of the battery wire you would run.
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if you have a battery at say 9 volts and the car barely starts, the alternator may get it to 13 -14 volts but your gonna fry your stator windings in your alternator cuz it will work to hard. so there for it does not charge it it keeps it at 12+ volts where the battery is already pre charged . plz correct me if im wrong, this is just what i have learned??... 
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