Re: [Chrysler300] Battery causing acid spray

["Charlie Valentine" <cross.ram@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had a battery, out of the car, on a 2 amp trickle charge and thought it 
was safe to leave it like that. About 2 or 3 days later I went into the 
garage and the battery was destroyed, as it had exploded.

Charlie Valentine
300G, 62 300 Sport Convertible in PA.





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Barker" <gbarker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bob Jasinski" <rpjasin@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "listserver 300 club" 
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Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Battery causing acid spray


>I don't have a picture to send but when your voltage regulator goes bad
> your battery will get anywhere from 16 to 20 volts which gets the
> battery hot and boils the acid which then starts venting out the caps or
> vents.  It is a very dangerous gas and will explode with the smallest
> spark and the acid gets all over everything.  When the Battery explodes
> it usually blows the top off of the Battery.  I have seen this happen
> several times to co-workers and home mechanics.
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> Bob Jasinski wrote:
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>>Does anyone that has had problems with batteries causing acid spray (some
>>have called it an explosion, but I don't think that is correct) have a
>>photograph they can email me of the battery when the problem was 
>>discovered?
>>I would like to see for myself what the battery failure mode looks like. 
>>Are
>>we talking about all tar top batteries here?
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>>Bob J
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