Battery explosion
What would cause a lead-acid battery on a travel trailer to explode while driving highway speed, 3 hours into a road trip? This was after 7 days earlier re-filling the battery with water which was lo...
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Ledger65 wrote:Thanks for the reply. I had a battery case explode, once, and it had the same aspect, top blown off and case sides intact. What happened was that the positive terminal had a dead short to ground. You may want to look at your positive cable and make sure it hasn't broken the jacket and is against the frame.westend wrote:
Most converters will allow you to check the output voltage without being connected to a battery.
13.2 ->14.5 V would be a good range for a converter but I don't know what you have.
You also need to know how much current is being output to the battery and for how long. If you have an old power supply type converter, those that are a single stage, I would suggest getting a newer four stage converter.
About the explosive failure: Did the top of the battery's case stay intact but the sides exploded and fragmented? Just curious.
To answer your question, the top of the battery is broken in two and the caps were blown off; the sides are essentially intact. The sides of the case were blown out possibly because the top had a woven strap holding it down. The trailer is a 2009 and has a 3-stage converter.
