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talltex wrote:. . . I turned the key I heard and felt a loud bang...saw smoke coming out from under the hood, opened it and the positive cable on the battery was melted onto the terminal and the top of the battery case had been blown apart so the seam along one side was separated from the base. THAT was the first time I'd ever seen one do that, in spite of all those years of not wearing any kind of protective glasses or anything else when jump starting them.

Thanks for posting this!! Like most gearheads, I've jumped hundreds of batteries for folks over the years and for many of those years, I never wore safety glasses. That all changed in the late 70's when I saw and heard a battery explode and send acid and shrapnel all over. Thank God (literally) that I and the lady who owned the car walked away while her son tried to start the car. If we'd been standing at the fender watching, we could easily have been blinded by the explosion. The threat is real folks.

Thanks again talltex!
Chas.

Keith B wrote:

Cedar Park Dad wrote:As I've had to replace two dead batteries in the last two weeks this is of keen interest to me.
Where do you find these at? I've a boy going back to Aggieville end of summer and its probably a good time to drop in a new battery for his car.

Sam's Club carries them, that's wehre I get mine. Maybe Costco as well. I assume that maybe Autozone or O'Reilys does too.

I got mine at Sam's Club also and it was around $180.

Chas.

In my wife's car I replace the battery at 2 years. They just don't last long in the Texas heat and I don't want her stranded. I'll replace her next one with the battery I use in my cars - Optima Red Top.

I used to do that with my car, until I started using Optima Red Top batteries. I just bought a new one to replace an 8 year old Red Top. They seem to last much longer than any other battery I've used over the years. I have a good friend who works for Aggreko and he said they use nothing but Optima Red Top batteries in all of their equipment.

Chas.