Re: Battery disconnect switch...YES!

Posted by PackardV8 On 2009/3/24 16:22:56

Inspect the battery if there is anything left of it. try to determine if it blew up, has a hole in the side of it or anything else unusual about the battery.

I had a car one time that would often just suddenly sstall at low idle or sometimes just not start. It was a fairly new battery. Open the hood, take a general look, and then close the hood and it would start and run just fine until repeating the problem unpredictably later on.

The problem was that the battery had a short INSIDE of the battery someway. A month later after buying the battery and fighting the problem the battery exploded blowing a hole thru the side of it.

I suppose u already know that charging a battery produces sulpher dioxide gas that is extremely flammable.