I don't have 30 years, so I listen very respectfully to your view, yet I've noticed some commonalities to battery explosions. I've seen a few over the years, and they appear to be far more common on conventional batteries requiring water added from time to time. There tends to be a line around an expoded battery at the water line that is usually lower than the top of the plates. When batteries charge explosive gases are produced and electricity is conducted across the plates. Most people tell me that we have no idea why sometimes batteries explode, though, a current jumping across the uncovered plates could very easily ignite the hydrogen gas that is collected at the top of the battery. At one unit, the generator battery exploded in the middle of the day. As the leading MK, the Logistics Officer told me to look into it. It had a line about two and a half inches below the top of the plates, and I told him that there was no question in my mind that the required maintenance was neglected, but since so many people claim the cause of battery explosions are a mystery, the command elected to not pursuit the matter. The Tenant unit that neglected to check and add water lucked out big, because I have no doubt that they had skipped the PMS on the generator battery for quite a while.
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