Have any of you ever seen this before??? Let me know!!!

Exploding Battery Post

 

once it was in a freinds 93 escort battery was like 6 years old, happend in august in s.c. heat so its to be expected. but it was 10x worse. her battery was basically severd in two peices

 

The batt. in my friend's Accord exploded too. Batt. manufacturers dont put the warning sticker on top of the batt. for nothing.

 

I've never seen or heard of a battery exploding before. Was there any damage to the car itself?

 

I had one explod in my face while jump starting another broken down car. It is very loud stuff and burn the living crap of my skin.

 

The acid went all over the place, but no damage. A little baking soda and then a rinse with the hose. It did NOT happen while jump starting another car!!!! This is what happened when he tried to start the car!! Thanks for your replies.

 

Did you connect positive to positive, and negative to negative? You know you're not supposed to do that, right?

 

Actually is pos. to pos. and negative to car chasis or engine block. But the main mistake was that the car I was helping had a bad alternator and the battery was good prior to cranking. secondly the negative was connected to the negative on the supposingly bad battery and that cause a spark casuing the explosion of the battery.

 

WTF........Did that happen while you were driving? I hope not.

 

that is my room mates car. it happened when he started the car!! he turned the key and heard a huge BANG!!! he ducked like it was a drive-by!!! LOL