A fuse at the terminals is a necessary item, but that's not enough. Make
sure that the terminals are completely insulated against tossing
something metallic into the vicinity of the battery and having it fall
directly across the terminals.Â* The fuse won't help against that.

On 4/4/2018 9:36 PM, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Chris Rowland wrote on 4/4/2018 2:30 PM:
An experiment to try is to short out a fully charged battery and see
what
happens.Â* Wait until everything is cool and think if you want to be
around
it.
For a complete study of battery chemistries, you could also try
shorting an SLA battery. They can also cause problems, and that is one
reason a fuse at the terminals is so useful.

Anyone that intends to try the "short" should probably do a YouTube
search first: all the excitement without the fire, smoke, and
destroyed battery.


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Dan, 5J