Exploding batteries!

scottyb · 08-10-2011, 07:41 AM

Thanks for sharing...

TDAWG · 08-10-2011, 07:34 PM

The only time I have ever seen anything even close to this amount of damage was when the customer had towed the cart for a long distance with the tow/run switch still in run. If the motor is toast also, then you will know.

Scooter B · 08-11-2011, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Coltf1991

Yea that just sounds like a dangerous setup. You really gotta be lazy to install one of those.

Mine came on the cart! I need to find some battery caps and remove that nonsense! Mine came from a private course, with a lazy cart guy

Coltf1991 · 08-11-2011, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Scooter B

Mine came on the cart! I need to find some battery caps and remove that nonsense! Mine came from a private course, with a lazy cart guy

Yes sir!!! Hahaha

gornoman · 08-12-2011, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Scooter B

Mine came on the cart! I need to find some battery caps and remove that nonsense!

Strip off the tubing and leave the hardware (caps) behind. Monitor for leaks and sepage.

Scooter B · 08-12-2011, 10:19 AM

Now that's an idea. I just called my local guy and he said he is out of "old" caps because he just got a shipment of carts with the BFS on them and he replaced all of them with caps.

simple man · 10-21-2011, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by EZGO-MY-WALLET2

wow, hope everyone was ok. To see the batteries "warped" like they appear to be in the last pic is scary !

Look carefully at the first pic and you'll see why they look " warped ". The tops are blown off!

I've seen batteries blow up where the case is completely shattered and the plates are visible! That was in an automotive maintenance free battery, though. In those there are no fill tops to blow off.

JohnnieB · 10-21-2011, 11:30 AM

I'll venture a guess that the seat covers were blown off too. Or at least required extensive cleaning to remove the brown stains.

Kidding aside, I've clipped the interconnecting tubes between batteries to limit an explosion to just one battery instead of chain-firing all six.
I left the three caps per battery connected so they are less likely to run away and hide while I'm checking/filling the cells.

stretchman · 10-21-2011, 01:35 PM

I remember we had batts explode all by there self's out in the north forty were we kept pallets of them for recycling, every year or two we would here an explosion and go out there and find the one that popped it's lid.

dougs_huntingcart · 07-08-2017, 01:05 PM

bumping this topic for educational purposes ...

I had no idea what a time bomb I was sitting on... the dealer told me how "great" the auto-fill system is...yeah off a cliff!

08-10-2011, 07:41 AM	#11
scottyb Happy Carting Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 73,419	Re: Exploding batteries! Thanks for sharing...

08-10-2011, 07:34 PM	#12
TDAWG Gone Wild Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: East Texas Posts: 313	Re: Exploding batteries! The only time I have ever seen anything even close to this amount of damage was when the customer had towed the cart for a long distance with the tow/run switch still in run. If the motor is toast also, then you will know.

08-12-2011, 10:19 AM	#16
Scooter B Gone Wild Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Southeast Louisiana Posts: 596	Re: Exploding batteries! Now that's an idea. I just called my local guy and he said he is out of "old" caps because he just got a shipment of carts with the BFS on them and he replaced all of them with caps.

10-21-2011, 11:30 AM	#18
JohnnieB Techno-Nerd Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: West Virginia Posts: 19,654	Re: Exploding batteries! I'll venture a guess that the seat covers were blown off too. Or at least required extensive cleaning to remove the brown stains. Kidding aside, I've clipped the interconnecting tubes between batteries to limit an explosion to just one battery instead of chain-firing all six. I left the three caps per battery connected so they are less likely to run away and hide while I'm checking/filling the cells.

10-21-2011, 01:35 PM	#19
stretchman Gone Wild Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: temecula ca. Posts: 202	Re: Exploding batteries! I remember we had batts explode all by there self's out in the north forty were we kept pallets of them for recycling, every year or two we would here an explosion and go out there and find the one that popped it's lid.

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07-08-2017, 01:05 PM	#20
dougs_huntingcart Gone Wild Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Canyon Lake, TX Posts: 628	Re: Exploding batteries! bumping this topic for educational purposes ... I had no idea what a time bomb I was sitting on... the dealer told me how "great" the auto-fill system is...yeah off a cliff!

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