Re: SL2 "generator" output

BANDIT2941 wrote:
> > Yeah, had a Citation that I had to be sure to park on a hill for 
> > several weeks, since I didn't have the time to get the battery 
> > changed.  Must have pop-started it a dozen times.  But when the 
> > battery literally blew up on our Voyager I doubt that any size hill 
> > could have gotten it started.
>
>
> What were the circumstances of it deciding to blow up?

It was just sitting in a parking lot on a perfectly normal day. 
Went to start the car (after a 15-minute shopping stop) and there 
was a loud "bang", and it stopped cranking.  Opened the hood and 
discovered the entire front of the battery had blown away.

A bit of serendipity, though, was that this has happened within 20 
feet of an auto parts store.  One of the guys from the store came 
out and changed the battery for us for free (after we paid for the 
battery, of course).

--
Dan Hicks
Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely 
hard and strong.  --Zen Proverb