Is my battery supposed to smell?

[Ayy 10+ year member]

I just bought a c&d battery...its a kinetik 3800 equivalent...I didnt hook it up yet, but its got a chemical smell coming off it...is this normal?

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[18inchjeepin 10+ year member]

was it charged right before you got it?

thats usually an overcharged kind of smell

 

[basscort2009 5,000+ posts]

no this is not normal!!! check it with a dmm and make sure again its still at like 12.6 or somthing. i put all my batts on a dmm before i ship and it was fine then. maybe fedex dropped it? check for cracks also. let me know asap. thanks

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Don't think so, it should be a sealed battery...IE: no gas escaping

 

[basscort2009 5,000+ posts]

urs was like 12.79 i think

 

[MakeshiftAudio 10+ year member]

The C&D UPS12-475s are supposed to float at 12.8 BTW

No, they should not smell. They are AGM sealed batts.

Edit: Even when the case is broken, the sulfuric acid should not leak... You might be smelling some sulfuric acid fumes, which means that something happened during shipping, or you were sold a bad batt.

 

[thaster 10+ year member]

you just got scam

 

[Ayy 10+ year member]

ill try and get a dmm tommorow and check it, i noticed the smell when i first got it but I thought it was normal cuz this is my first system, but I had it in my closet and I just opened my closet and the whole thing smells like it now. Im not seeing any cracks on it, the bottom corner has a lil indentation but no crack. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[MakeshiftAudio 10+ year member]

Put that batt outside, the fumes are extremely flammable and toxic.

Edit: AGMs normally expand and have minor bulging cases, but an indentation? How bad? Pics? You may be able to file for a claim on shipping.

 

[Ayy 10+ year member]

yeah I just put it in my garage...the indentation is minor enough to make the grey caseing turn a lil white and shave a lil plastic off, its real small tho like nickel size and it dont seem to penetrate through

 

[basscort2009 5,000+ posts]

yea man i insured it through fedex so u might be able to get something throuh them.

and fuck u thaster i didnt scam him. it was perfect shape when it left my hands. this is the first case i have had with about 30 batteries. im a good guy and am gonna try to help him figure this out.

 

[basscort2009 5,000+ posts]

put some pics on here and lets see what it looks like

 

[Ayy 10+ year member]

i will try n get pics tomorrow i have no cam right now, yea i kno it aint ur fault tho man. I'm gon try n file a claim wit fedex after i test it.

 

[basscort2009 5,000+ posts]

**** that sucks man. let me know and file a claim to see if they will give u the money to replace it

 

[MakeshiftAudio 10+ year member]

Well, shipping did break the sealed part of a sealed battery, so it is their fault. I wouldn't keep it. It's not sealed. They may go "It was hazmat." and pull a fine on you, but under DOT-CFR Title 49 parts 171-189 it is classified as non-hazardous.

One specific part is here:

(d) Conditions and requirements specific to certain materials . Hazardous materials offered for transportation or transported in accordance with the ICAO Technical Instructions must conform to the following specific conditions and requirements, as applicable:

(1) Batteries —(i) Nonspillable wet electric storage batteries . Nonspillable wet electric storage batteries are not subject to the requirements of this subchapter provided—

(A) The battery meets the conditions specified in Special Provision 67 of the ICAO Technical Instructions;

(B) The battery, its outer packaging, and any overpack are plainly and durably marked “NONSPILLABLE” or “NONSPILLABLE BATTERY”; and

© The batteries or battery assemblies are offered for transportation or transported in a manner that prevents short circuiting or forced discharge, including, but not limited to, protection of exposed terminals.