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Re: Battery Leads Coming Loose

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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis View Post
Yes, that is illegal, and a huge safety concern. What happens if your drill goes a little too far when making that hole? You drive right into the battery, causing damage and a potentially dangerous situation (battery could internally short and catch on fire/explode, it could leak/spray battery acid, etc) For the sake of everyone's safety, there is a blanket safety rule against any modification of the battery beyond attaching the leads with appropriate fasteners.
I'd say there's a right and wrong way to do all sorts of operations, but that the risk his procedure entails isn't especially dire. Take precautions (e.g. a drill stop, a piece of sacrificial material under the hole, etc.) and it's not inherently unsafe.

The rules, however, tell a different story. It's prohibited by 2013's R65.