Well Batteries blow up for 2 reasons. 1- it was being discharged,
  or charged witch gives off hydrogen gas and something sparked around it.
  OR 2- A short across the battery, like the battery + cable shorts to
  the body. With a good battery this causes so much internal heat it
  sooner or latter sets off the hydrogen and Bang. I have had my fun
  blowing up Batteries! Good luck

                 Eric Zeno   <emz@nauticom.net>
                 86 Syncronizer
                 86 GL  For Sale (Pgh. PA)
                 72 240Z    1936 Chrysler

On Tue, 1 Oct 1996, Cetin Seren wrote:

> Hi Eric,
> 
> I'll stop by sometime soon :-)
> 
> Today I had to deal with my wife's EV's battery.
> 
> The thing _literally_ blew up with a BANG!!!!
> 
> 
> It is now sitting in shreds and I'm about to start doing nasty things
> to VW of A -- I claim they should pay for a new battery, they claim
> it's a  "wear item"...
> 
> I'll post more on this to list shortly...
> 
> 
> Cetin
> 
> Cetin Seren
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