What happened?
Walked by my DP yesterday and noticed something dripping from the battery compartment. Opened the compartment and found that one of the house batteries had exploded. Thats right exploded, pieces and...
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I got paid by a lot of people to do boat work for a lot of years.
One of the reasons I advise against paralleled jars is the common occurrence of battery explosions. I have seen (and cleaned up after) battery explosions from all possible arrangements and yes even single jars. The fact is, paralleled jars make it more common. At least, I got paid much more often to clean up and make repairs after explosions of paralleled banks.
About all you can do if your load requires that big a bank is to separate the sections by gunga moma fuses that will let go when one cell in one jar goes short and then the rest of the bank can't gang up on him.
I used to keep disposable rain gear and gloves and such in the coach along with several boxes of baking soda for just such events. Insurance companies made my time worthwhile.
Matt
One of the reasons I advise against paralleled jars is the common occurrence of battery explosions. I have seen (and cleaned up after) battery explosions from all possible arrangements and yes even single jars. The fact is, paralleled jars make it more common. At least, I got paid much more often to clean up and make repairs after explosions of paralleled banks.
About all you can do if your load requires that big a bank is to separate the sections by gunga moma fuses that will let go when one cell in one jar goes short and then the rest of the bank can't gang up on him.
I used to keep disposable rain gear and gloves and such in the coach along with several boxes of baking soda for just such events. Insurance companies made my time worthwhile.
Matt
