"Frank Whiteley" wrote in message
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Not what you think;^)

Someone once described to me how quickly a 2-33 burned as he pulled it
out of a grass fire. This 'crash' was in the online media, but one
significant item was left out of the article. Read on.

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...01X51612&key=1

I can believe it. Those batteries are capable of heating a wire quite
impressively.

The problem must have laid in the fact that there was not a proper inline
fuse. I have a couple of these batteries, and on the hot terminal, about 2
inches of wire, then a 15 amp fuse. You have to protect against shorts, or
sooner or later, one will happen.
--
Jim in NC