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Land Owner · 02-19-2011, 10:02 PM

A cart fire burned a home in The Villages of Lady Lake, FL several years ago. Everyone in The Villages owns a golf cart. Batteries produce hydrogen gas, which on-fire is colorless and smokeless to start. Voltage regulators that fail overcharge batteries, sometimes drying all of the moisture from them (the voice of experience) and the heat of a dry battery that is being overcharged is extreme. They spit sulfuric acid when dry and overheated. Fuel leaking from a hot gas engine carburetor is a source of ignition too.

On the other hand, sometime a good fire is needed to make the mortgage payment.

02-19-2011, 10:02 PM	#3
Land Owner Gone Wild Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Mims, FL Posts: 217	Re: Cart Fires??? A cart fire burned a home in The Villages of Lady Lake, FL several years ago. Everyone in The Villages owns a golf cart. Batteries produce hydrogen gas, which on-fire is colorless and smokeless to start. Voltage regulators that fail overcharge batteries, sometimes drying all of the moisture from them (the voice of experience) and the heat of a dry battery that is being overcharged is extreme. They spit sulfuric acid when dry and overheated. Fuel leaking from a hot gas engine carburetor is a source of ignition too. On the other hand, sometime a good fire is needed to make the mortgage payment.