Battery Brains I could use your insight Plz

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

Bish you must not know much about batteries then. Normal flooded batteries expel hydrogen and oxygen gas every time they are charged. Not over charged. Every charge. Therefore, one little spark and you get a fire. If you don't see why that is a hazard, you might want to rethink living.

My truck has yet to burst into flames.

I have a big normal battery right next to my fuseblock.

I change fuses all the time when I compete in MECA (and they usually spark), no flames present.

Perhaps I'm just lucky, but I've had 4 other competitors on my team that ran the same batteries without incident.

For one competition, I see no harm. Besides, even if they are venting fumes, they are venting into a big cabin that is constantly having the air circulated by the subwoofers.

Now, if he starts charging heavily with the vehicle sealed up for a long period of time, then for some reason something sparks, THEN I could see something happening. A lot of things would have to be perfect for something bad to occur.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

Under your hood is not a confined space. There is plenty of airflow to dissipate the gas.

So, erm.

Under the hood, where everything is jammed together is less confining than inside the vehicles cabin? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

Granted there is some circulation under the hood, but the same could be said for the cabin. Open windows, doors, vents, etc. will all dissipate any gases, in combination with the vehicles system circulating air as well.

 

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif OK, so you don't seem to want to take my word for it, let's just take a second to read what the people WHO MAKE THE BATTERY SAY //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/mad.gif.c18f003ab0ef8a0d9c27ca78d77a6392.gif

Commercial batteries:

Commercial cell MSDS

Hydrogen and oxygen gases are produced during normal battery operation and charging. These gases escape through the battery vents and may form an explosive atmosphere around the battery if ventilation is poor. Avoid open flame, sparks and other ignition sources in areas where batteries are used or stored.

AGM batteries:

AGM cell MSDS

The Dynasty VRLA batteries are a sealed, recombinant design that require no water replacement throughout their service life, thus no contact is made with the battery’s internal components or chemical hazards. Under normal use and handling, these batteries do not emit regulated or hazardous substances.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

dang I thought they used vented battery boxes for car interiors for a reason.....

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

Jesus H Christ.

Do what you want. I'm not condoning that everybody run and put normal batteries in their car. I was stating that under the right circumstances that they will work fine.

A teammate of mine has had regular batteries in his car since 2006.

I swear, some people just make shit difficult on purpose.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

dang I thought they used vented battery boxes for car interiors for a reason.....

Kinetik power!

 

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

Jesus H Christ.
Do what you want. I'm not condoning that everybody run and put normal batteries in their car. I was stating that under the right circumstances that they will work fine.

A teammate of mine has had regular batteries in his car since 2006.

I swear, some people just make shit difficult on purpose.

When you give advice on a forum and put people's lives at risk because you have no fucking clue what you are talking about, I think that is kind of shitty. So boo fucking hoo if I called you out for your bad advice. Go change your pad bish.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

When you give advice on a forum and put people's lives at risk because you have no fucking clue what you are talking about, I think that is kind of shitty. So boo fucking hoo if I called you out for your bad advice. Go change your pad bish.

Cry me a fucking river.

My bad advice? I'm only telling people my personal experiences, whether or not you consider it bad advice is your business.

I've stated several times that its not necessarily recommended, but under the right circumstances you won't have an issue. The OP is using them for a competition, and for that event they should be fine.

Manufacturers recommend a lot of things to cover their own ***, not everybody follows them.

How about you take some advice and take a long walk off a short pier.

Granted, a lot of people on this forum are idiots, so perhaps I should reconsider giving advice to anybody on this forum, no matter the circumstances. Thanks, you've just made my life a whole lot easier.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

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[loopkiller 10+ year member]

Cry me a fucking river.
My bad advice? I'm only telling people my personal experiences, whether or not you consider it bad advice is your business.

I've stated several times that its not necessarily recommended, but under the right circumstances you won't have an issue. The OP is using them for a competition, and for that event they should be fine.

Manufacturers recommend a lot of things to cover their own ***, not everybody follows them.

How about you take some advice and take a long walk off a short pier.

Granted, a lot of people on this forum are idiots, so perhaps I should reconsider giving advice to anybody on this forum, no matter the circumstances. Thanks, you've just made my life a whole lot easier.

You should return the favor //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/*******.gif.a649d21efc0d1fd4890a6428166586c1.gif

 

[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

Under your hood is not a confined space. There is plenty of airflow to dissipate the gas.

When you give advice on a forum and put people's lives at risk because you have no fucking clue what you are talking about, I think that is kind of shitty. So boo fucking hoo if I called you out for your bad advice. Go change your pad bish.

I ran a sealed battery in my integra daily and it was fine //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

I ran a sealed battery in my integra daily and it was fine //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

they are talking non sealed:laugh:

 

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

I ran a sealed battery in my integra daily and it was fine //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

And Magic had unprotected *** for years before catching AIDS too. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

You should return the favor //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/*******.gif.a649d21efc0d1fd4890a6428166586c1.gif

You wish it was that easy.

Unlike some people on this forum, I don't get butthurt when somebody takes something out of context to try and prove me wrong.

 

[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

they are talking non sealed:laugh:

I ment non sealed. My iPod likes to fix things for me.