Tim, I can confirm this. I have a friend were his battery exploded on his motorbike. Luckily he was not riding it. Electrolyte was everywhere, it did not bend anything but the frame started to corrode in places where he didn't wash the stuff off. I have never heard of a car battery exploding.
Does anyone know why those batteries explode and if there is a way to prevent it? What Gel Cell Bat do you use now, how big and heavy is it? Thanks Christian OE-VPD http://www.members.aon.at/oevpd -----Original Message----- From: Timothy Bellville [mailto:soner...@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Dienstag, 10. Juni 2003 10:26 To: KR builders and pilots Subject: Re: KR>hot battery No that this could happen to a KR , but I want to write about something that happened to a bank of batteries that we use at our water plant to start our high service pumps. When I flipped the switch on one of these pumps last Wednesday, there was an immediate loud explosion from the back room where the batteries are kept. Upon investigating I found a mist of atomized electrolyte in the air and battery parts in a 25 ft. radius of the bank. I will use a dry cell battery in my KR2 from now on, as far as I know these cannot explode if use properly, and need no ventilation. I had one in my Sonerai I for two years with no problems. I was the same one that they use in Jet skis. Tim _______________________________________________ see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
