To: timestax
"Hydrogen is explosive...right??!"
Right, as many a dunce has learned the hard way when charging or jump starting a vehicle and creates sparks near the battery.
As an automotive battery is charged, it generates hydrogen gas, have a spark or high heat near the battery's vents, and the word is, "ka-boom" from an exploded battery.
26 posted on
11/27/2004 11:56:27 PM PST by
Ursus arctos horribilis
("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
To: Ursus arctos horribilis
As an automotive battery is charged, it generates hydrogen gas, have a spark or high heat near the battery's vents, and the word is, "ka-boom" from an exploded battery. That depends on the rate of charge. A properly maintained battery produces very little hydrogen. The electrical energy goes into the electrolyte. Now if you are boiling your battery dry. . . . . . . .
50 posted on
11/28/2004 9:05:14 AM PST by
Nov3
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