A friend of mine at work related an incident that happened in his garage. It seems his teenage son was done charging a 'maintenence free' battery, and he went to install it inhis car ('66 Barracuda) . He said he heard it make a hissing sound when he hooked it up, it scared him so he dropped to the floor. The battery exploded with enough force to dent the metal ceiling 9' above the car! The kid was very lucky in my opinion.
Anybody else heard of this happening?
My other thought is that the newer batteries like the 'Optima' or the
Champion 'Vortex' not only offer better performance, but they are much less likely to explode.
My first post on the new site!