OK, so what is it that is so corrosive when you charge (not discharge) a
battery that you have to do it it in a well-ventilated area? Hydrogen gas?
My father-in-law always charges batteries outside because he says if he
charges them in the garage stuff in there starts rusting.
Tim in Ft Worth
> -----Original Message-----
> From: G. Simmons [SMTP:gls@4link.net]
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 1:23 PM
> To: Schorn, Tim; 'Holly and Chris Mills'; bob_keeland@usgs.gov;
> oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Cafe and the environment - rant and LONG
> (sorry)
>
> >Don't lead acid batteries emit some sort of noxious gas while
> discharging?
> >So they aren't truly zero emission, are they?
>
>
> I think they just put out hydrogen and oxygen, which are not problematic.
> In fact they make little caps that recombine the gasses into water and
> drain
> them back into the battery.
>
> Regards,
>
> Grant S.
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