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Lead acid batteries can explode though. The one hooked to the backup sump pump in my parents' house had went kaboom when I was a kid, scared the crap out of me
by derekp7 6y ago
Lead acid batteries can explode though. The one hooked to the backup sump pump in my parents' house had went kaboom when I was a kid, scared the crap out of me (quite literally in this case).
- kop316 6y agoWas this an old lead acid battery (I ask because you say "when you were a kid")? That was more common in ones where they were not sealed, and you had to add water to it occasionally. Modern lead acid ones are completely sealed, and should not have that issue.
- jsight 6y agoModern lead acid batteries can still vent hydrogen, which can be a risk in an enclosed space.
- kop316 6y agoInteresting, I did not know that. thank you!
- derekp7 6y agoYes, it was back in the 80's. But even as recently as a year ago I was looking at backup sump pumps, and the ones at the local big box store had the lead battery separate, plus you had to buy the acid in a separate bottle that you add in with distilled water. I do recall that the battery was split open and its guts had hit the ceiling.
- dreamcompiler 6y agoThat was because it vented hydrogen in an enclosed space; the lead itself didn't explode.
- derekp7 6y agoOf course the lead didn't explode, that is why I said the battery exploded.