So I was a kid out of highschool and took a job at Harley Davidson golfcars. I had already aced about 8 classroom credit years worth of autoshop, and wasn't novice in any way.
I had one responsibility to gather all the junk batteries set them up in piles of 6X6=36v series charging. There were maybe 3 or 4 of these groups all bubbling away at full load on a ton of dead crap.
The boss came by said I was all wrong because I was condemning to many batteries. He called the second boss over to the charging bench to show me how it needs to be done. I stood back 10-15' and behind them as they struck the arc and it all went kablewie!! fired or laid off how can ya tell
here's another #2 my old ford pickup was missing the battery hold down. It fell over on the exhaust manifold and melted a hole in the case draining most of the fluid from a cell or two. Being angry I wrestled the cable clamp hard enough to short internally and blow that gas filled bomb sky high. I kept my eyes closed and felt my way to a faucet for wash down
#3 Out in woods, needing a battery, there was one at the shed. Put it on a charger, it was low on water and full of gas when I sparked it across the terminals to see if it had charged. It did not have the loudness of the explosion but took the sides and top right off that sucker. Washdown was not and option fortunately the acids were pretty weak in that one.
There was a 4th but it escapes me now.
Nowadays I call a dead horse a dead horse and quick kicking em right away.
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