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Sep 19th, 2018, 13:59 | #11 |
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I see what you (kinda) did there...
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Sep 20th, 2018, 12:50 | #12 |
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I once accidentally put a dead short on a battery and it boiled its acid under the back seat of my Mini Clubman, it filled the car very quickly with very nasty gas.
Luckily I got out quickly. Wouldn't like to be stuck in a car after an accident, and that happened, and not be able to get straight out! My V70 P2 probably would fill up with fumes if that happened, as I don't think there is anything to vent the fumes out. And having been rear ended at high speed, it does make you think!
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Sep 23rd, 2018, 08:28 | #13 |
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As an Auto Electrician, i can tell you that the battery would not set on fire or give off gas in the event of being crushed in an accident.
the nature of the construction of lead/acid battery's is so when crushed the plates inside would short together and stop all electro-chemical reaction. therefore no reaction = no heat = no fire. as to the last comment on gas being produced, well that was due to being short circuit across the main terminals, which would cause a massive discharge of the battery, hence lots of heat generated and the gas given off by the battery, basically boiling sulphuric acid. please rest assured that the normal car battery's will not set on fire in a collision.
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