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Battery Exploded
Hooked up the boat this afternoon to get it ready to fish tomorrow and noticed the cover to one half of the cranking battery is laying on the deck. Look into the storage locker where I keep the cranking battery and on board charger and the top third of the cranking battery is missing. Plastic all over, acid laying in the tray and inside the compartment. Ironically I could still trim up the outboard as there was still juice. The lid was open so I don't see how any fumes built up to cause that and I'm wondering if it didn't have something to do with the charger, which I inhereted when I bought the boat a few years back.
A couple boxes of baking soda a good ten minute wash at the power wash and I think I'm good to go. New battery is in and everything seems to be working. I can only imagine what might have happened had I not left the lid open, as the explosion might have been far worse in a closed locker.
Has anyone ever seen this happen? Wierdest thing I've seen in a while, I'm just happy nobody was near it when it blew, that could have been nasty stuff.
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