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battery acid

  • 30-05-2011 10:06am
    #1
    kingelmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭


    :Dbit of a random question..

    But is battery acid harmful?? ie when its boiling and the battery is swollen and about to bust and the smell off of it wud knock a horse!! it cant be good for ya can it??


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  • #2
    Rovi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,570 ✭✭✭Rovi


    The acid in lead-acid batteries is Sulphuric Acid, which is highly corrosive, and the gasses it emits under various circumstances are mostly Sulphur Dioxide and Hydrogen.
    None of these materials can in any way be considered "good for ya", so they are best avoided as much as possible.


    ADDED:
    Lead–acid battery risk of explosion


  • #3
    charityboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 258 ✭✭charityboy


    kingelmo wrote: »
    :Dbit of a random question..

    But is battery acid harmful?? ie when its boiling and the battery is swollen and about to bust and the smell off of it wud knock a horse!! it cant be good for ya can it??
    spill some on your clothes and see what it does wouldnt recommend gettin it on your skin you could get some serious burns from an exploding battery know a few lads they blew up on they were lucky not to lose their eyesight a spark from jumpleads can set them off no problem


  • #4
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    kingelmo wrote: »
    :Dbit of a random question..

    But is battery acid harmful?? ie when its boiling and the battery is swollen and about to bust and the smell off of it wud knock a horse!! it cant be good for ya can it??

    Are ya serious !!
    The battery is boiling because it is being seriously overcharged, you need to be careful if this explodes when you are near you will get serious, serious acid burns.. not to be made a joke of..


  • #5
    St. Leibowitz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 349 ✭✭St. Leibowitz


    Looks like a future Darwin Award nomination, if not a winner. Let's hope it doesn't get to that stage.


  • #6
    Red Sheds
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 124 ✭✭Red Sheds


    I seen a fellow one time stick his tounge into each of the cells on a battery and took a good taste of the acid. When I asked him what the hell was he doing, he said he was tasting the acid to test the battery to see if was charged. He genuinely thought that the stronger the acid tasted, the more charge was in the battery.


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  • #7
    bk1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 760 ✭✭✭bk1991


    Red Sheds wrote: »
    I seen a fellow one time stick his tounge into each of the cells on a battery and took a good taste of the acid. When I asked him what the hell was he doing, he said he was tasting the acid to test the battery to see if was charged. He genuinely thought that the stronger the acid tasted, the more charge was in the battery.


    jasus thats not a good way anyway :eek::eek::eek:


  • #8
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    Red Sheds wrote: »
    I seen a fellow one time stick his tounge into each of the cells on a battery and took a good taste of the acid. When I asked him what the hell was he doing, he said he was tasting the acid to test the battery to see if was charged. He genuinely thought that the stronger the acid tasted, the more charge was in the battery.
    Reminds me of a guy I know who made up an extension lead and put a plug on each end.......:D


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