Author: Holly and Chris Mills <scmills@tntech.edu>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 21:16:00 -0600
This is long. Sorry - it's a big topic with me lately. Read it and feel free to poke holes in it. Please understand that I feel the average driver could care less about what makes their car go as lon
" Most of the homebuilts I know of run just regular lead acid batteries purchased from the local FLAPS". Don't lead acid batteries emit some sort of noxious gas while discharging? So they aren't trul
What everyone seems to forget when they are talking about straight electric cars is that electricity doesn't just magically come out of a hole in the wall. It has to be manufactured too. It is usuall
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. o
They let out hydrogen gas, not bad or toxic, but i wouldnt be smoking around Rob oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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 b
Its the hydrogen gas that it is emitted during charging (i believe another gas may be emitted also) that is what to watch out for. It won't harm you by itself but you definitly don't want to be smoki