Back about 40 years ago when I was a couple years in the mechanic field working at Kmart Auto I had the hood open on a late 70`s Ford truck. When I went to start it the battery blew up and soaked everything under hood and the mechanic next to me. Lucky it was on his back and not his face. The whole battery top was gone and the cables still hooked to the standing plates.
Similar tale. Back when I was managing the NAPA store in Savage, MN, we had a P/T, evening parts delivery driver (high school kid) who desperately wanted to work his way onto the counter. Good kid. Energetic, enthusiastic, and always wanted to learn. (Kind of ashamed to admit I can't remember his name right now, but we called him "Opie", as his father was a cop.) Anyway, one evening someone carried-in a dead battery for warranty, and NAPA's policy was (and may still be) that all dead batteries had to be charged before they could be tested.
I was working at a shop my buddy owned and had run a skid steer in so I could compare it with the one I was working on, I was doing a complete overhaul on a similar model. The boss comes in and tries to start the one I had brought in but the battery was dead according to him. Well he hooked up the cables backwards with the charger on full power and then bang. The battery blew up so hard I was twenty feet away and felt the blast and was covered with the mist of battery acid. He ended up going to the hospital to get his eyes and face taken care of.
The only thing I can figure is possibly a bad connection at a corroded cable end causing a spark there because most of the battery damage was on the positive post side of the battery. I will say the sound was so loud my ears were ringing in the drivers seat.
That’s about what I saw when I opened the hood. Can’t tell you why it blew, didn’t see any arcing marks on the posts but what a freaking mess.
agreed..my humble apologies gentlemen
Good to know that.
Don’t get your hopes up just yet, you know speak of the devil
I have to do some sand blasting outside and just 2 days of above bitter cold would be nice.
No worries
Driver's side or drinker's side?
Driver’s side I think, that’s the side with the low tube not?
hey Fred..speaking of which, i was thinking of getting into media,etc blasting in a few years when I'm done with the rat race. Have you guys heard of DUSTLESS BLASTING based out of Texas?...just throwing it out there
Is that using like a pressure washer with sand? I've never tried one.
The company is actually called DUSTLESS BLASTING. if you google it should come up ( U-TUBE). its a turn key business. Similar to a franchise but without the added monthly compensation franchise fees. There are different packages. I think the only catch, is that you have to purchase their media..(it seems)
That's a good business to get into, I think. I hate sand blasting because of all the dust and sand and that looks like a much better way to go.
Yeah, that what i was thinking...Way less mess. Plenty of market opportunities for Media blasting.
