My ears still ring!! I was over at my marine mechanic's place today and a guy brought a raggledy ass bass boat in for service. He was describing the problems to the mechanic and he went to start the engine after they had hooked up the muffs to the water inlet but it wouldn't even make the dreaded "clicking" noise.
The owner say's "it does that all the time, all I need to do is wiggle the post". At this point I backed up maybe 20 feet and when the dude "wiggled the post" that damned battery went off like both barrels of a 12 gauge with a couple of 20 gauges thrown in for effect!! Pieces of the battery case came shooting out of the battery locker hitting him (owner) in the face and thoroughly soaking him with acid. Thank God the mechanic wasn't close enough to get hit with anything and neither was I.
My first reaction was to get water to him and rinse as much acid off as possible. The mechanic was on the phone with 911 and they agreed to flush with cold water while the ambulance was in route. They got there pretty quick and took over the flushing and began other treatment as well so I backed my dumbass out of the way and let the pro's take it from there. They transported him because of the acid in his eyes that needed specialized treatment from another source.
Moral of the story, don't be screwing with batteries that you KNOW have issues...
The owner say's "it does that all the time, all I need to do is wiggle the post". At this point I backed up maybe 20 feet and when the dude "wiggled the post" that damned battery went off like both barrels of a 12 gauge with a couple of 20 gauges thrown in for effect!! Pieces of the battery case came shooting out of the battery locker hitting him (owner) in the face and thoroughly soaking him with acid. Thank God the mechanic wasn't close enough to get hit with anything and neither was I.
My first reaction was to get water to him and rinse as much acid off as possible. The mechanic was on the phone with 911 and they agreed to flush with cold water while the ambulance was in route. They got there pretty quick and took over the flushing and began other treatment as well so I backed my dumbass out of the way and let the pro's take it from there. They transported him because of the acid in his eyes that needed specialized treatment from another source.
Moral of the story, don't be screwing with batteries that you KNOW have issues...