New Battery. ....
Road Master
Joined: Oct 2011
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From: Carlsbad Springs Ontario
transporting batteries
Brand new battery in October, 320 cca. I was transporting it in the back of my jeep yesterday (bringing it home to charge) and just my luck it falls over and shorts out on the metal strip off the snow shovel for about 7 seconds and catches on fire. Scared the crap out of me. Fortunately the case did not burn through and still reads 12.85 volts. What do you think, is it trust worthy?
FYI... even a small bike battery will gladly arc. through thin sheet metal if the conditions are right. You can arc.weld with the power in an average battery.
You are lucky it didnt turn your jeep into a big fireball.
Secure and insulate a battery while transporting it .
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