mikeschn wrote:I had a car battery blow up in my face many years ago. So apparently batteries do outgas, and when making a spark, like when you are putting jumper cables on your battery, that's all it takes to make a nice big boom!
No question they gas . . . . and that it can be explosive
From the time I was a small lad (long time ago) everyone has always recommended placing your positive jumper cable wire on the battery positive and then connecting the negative cable last . . . . and hooking to to some grounded piece of the car engine/chassis as far away from the battery as possible. That way if you do cause a spark when making that last connection, it's as far from the battery (and it's explosive gases) as possible
Don