"Aidan" wrote in message
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Aidan wrote:
Are you asserting that they won't explode?

Had a search on the HSE website and found a fascinating report of
accidents involving fork lift trucks.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/sir60.pdf

Quote from that report;

116. Eight (57%) of the total number of accidents/incidents
investigated involved battery explosions. Four (50%) of these
accidents/incidents
occurred during battery charging because operatives or drivers
placed
or dropped metal objects on top of the batteries or a loose
connection
or
exposed cable caused a spark that ignited hydrogen given off by the
charging process. Two (25%) occurred when vehicles were being jump
started. And two (25%) when trucks were being driven soon after
battery
charging and a loose connection caused sparks that ignited hydrogen
given off by the batteries.

That's confirmed it then, lead acid batteries can explode.


FFS, learn to read what I said and not what some **** thinks I said,
and were does it say above 'due to jump leads shorting out at the non
battery end'?...