At 1:33 PM 5/9/99, EMZ wrote:
>  A battery under normal conditions gives off a very small amount
>of Hydrogen. Under strain, or a very heavy charge, a battery is a
>bomb waiting for a spark to set it off. This is why jump starting
>a car is very dangerous. It wonder why more people aren't killed
>by these activities.
>

        Probably because the person starting the car ISN'T standing
        in front of the battery...?

        Procedurally, it's just sensible NOT to connect jumpers to the
        dead battery from a battery in a vehicle that's being charged by
        a running engine.

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