Batteries won't float...

PaulRainbow said:
Of course, i'm talking nonsense and batteries don't really explode, or do they ?

boat battery exploded - Google Search

car battery exploded - Google Search

But hey, no-one ever get injured, or do they ? Try a Google search for that one, some pretty horrible injuries, mostly from tiny batteries in phone or e-cigs. Imagine what a large leisure battery or two would do to you ? You won't just have the explosion and flying chunks of battery to deal with, you have chemical burns too. Your eye balls don't much like battery acid.
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i've had a boat battery explode when on a friends boat.
I thought the boat had been hit at speed.
The battery was shredded. The battery box lid (about 8 ft long) was thrown many feet. Fittings nearby were blown apart. The walls of the battery box were blown apart. Battery acid was at the far end of the engine bay 12 or more feet away.
If I'd been in the engine bay it would have had serious or fatal consequences.
You are not exaggerating at all Paul!
 
Elessar said:
i've had a boat battery explode when on a friends boat.
I thought the boat had been hit at speed.
The battery was shredded. The battery box lid (about 8 ft long) was thrown many feet. Fittings nearby were blown apart. The walls of the battery box were blown apart. Battery acid was at the far end of the engine bay 12 or more feet away.
If I'd been in the engine bay it would have had serious or fatal consequences.
You are not exaggerating at all Paul!
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Thanks for sharing that (and to other who shared their experiences of exploding batteries). Glad you weren't in the engine room and that no-one was injured.
 
PaulRainbow said:
Thanks for sharing that (and to other who shared their experiences of exploding batteries). Glad you weren't in the engine room and that no-one was injured.
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i found the reason for the explosion by the way.

There was a bad cell in one of the batteries in the bank. Which made starting sluggish (mobo so it's common to have a house/start bank on one engine and a start only on the other, with a link switch for emergencies)

The previous owner changed the setting on the charger to desulphate, upping the voltage and hiding the problem . And it stayed like that, unseen by the new owner. Until BANG. Nearly a year later
 
VicS said:
In his initial post he says it is a Dolphin
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I was replying to #35 which states "which is a Sterling 60A charger. Is it coincidence that the charger packed up or is the B2B's high charge capacity causing issues with the 240V only giving 20A? Cant see why a high load on the batteries would cause an issue with the charger though. Any ideas."
 
Beneteau381 said:
I was replying to #35 which states "which is a Sterling 60A charger. Is it coincidence that the charger packed up or is the B2B's high charge capacity causing issues with the 240V only giving 20A? Cant see why a high load on the batteries would cause an issue with the charger though. Any ideas."
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You are missing a bit of text from your quote:

"It did get me wondering if I am over cooking things with my newly installed B2B charger which is a Sterling 60A charger. Is it coincidence that the charger packed up or is the B2B's high charge capacity causing issues with the 240V only giving 20A? Cant see why a high load on the batteries would cause an issue with the charger though. Any ideas. "

His new B2B charger is Sterling, his mains charger is Dolphin (y)
 
Beneteau381 said:
I was replying to #35 which states "which is a Sterling 60A charger. Is it coincidence that the charger packed up or is the B2B's high charge capacity causing issues with the 240V only giving 20A? Cant see why a high load on the batteries would cause an issue with the charger though. Any ideas."
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Thats the B2B ... afaik it only has one output
 
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