Jump start question
#12
Some excellent first hand safety points here for sure.
You guys were very lucky.
There was a chap who used to tour the power plants giving safety talks.
Hes now blind, following a foklift battery explosion at the Coca-Cola plant where he worked.
Harrowing hearing that tale first hand.
We have a popular saying on nukes:
"You don't know, what you don't know".
You guys were very lucky.
There was a chap who used to tour the power plants giving safety talks.
Hes now blind, following a foklift battery explosion at the Coca-Cola plant where he worked.
Harrowing hearing that tale first hand.
We have a popular saying on nukes:
"You don't know, what you don't know".
#13
I hadn't had mine long when I had to jump start mine in a carpark. I had to jump start the car but it would start even when connected. I had to place the cable directly on the engine block, it then started first time.
#14
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Welwyn Garden City
Posts: 1,309
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Slightly off-topic, but it reinforces the need for care when charging batteries.
More mature members will remember that, in the 1950s, police traffic cars made a distinctive sound as they drove by. Many thought that the cars were modified to enhance their performance, but not so!
At that time the vehicles carried heavy duty batteries in the boot to service sirens, lights, radios, etc. In fact the burbling sound was made by a venturi plate fitted to the floor of the boot after several vehicles had literally been blown up by gas accumulated from charging these batteries.
More mature members will remember that, in the 1950s, police traffic cars made a distinctive sound as they drove by. Many thought that the cars were modified to enhance their performance, but not so!
At that time the vehicles carried heavy duty batteries in the boot to service sirens, lights, radios, etc. In fact the burbling sound was made by a venturi plate fitted to the floor of the boot after several vehicles had literally been blown up by gas accumulated from charging these batteries.
#15
Originally Posted by Richard_the_Rogue,Jan 7 2010, 04:38 PM
In case anyone is thinking 'bah- that crap would never happen' I once made the mistake of making the final connection to the -ve terminal of the 'live' car. The sparks ignited the hydrogen, and BOOM! The battery exploded, launching the top half several hundred feet into the air. It took about 10 seconds to return to earth. I had a sore hand, but no other injuries, apart from my pride. Scared the living cr@p out of me too.
#16
In my case, I was jump-starting my Dutton Phaeton from my friend's Hillman Imp Californian. The Imp was +ve earth just to complicate matters. Of course I had to apologise profusely and buy him a new battery.
#17
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Welwyn Garden City
Posts: 1,309
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Richard_the_Rogue,Jan 11 2010, 02:44 PM
In my case, I was jump-starting my Dutton Phaeton from my friend's Hillman Imp Californian. The Imp was +ve earth just to complicate matters. Of course I had to apologise profusely and buy him a new battery.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post