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Re: Battery Smoke
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Originally Posted by beemusicgeek
in pre season this year a few of us stupid people in the team decided to stick a threaded metal rod on the two terminals of the batery. The next day it led to a short that melted the battery, the wires, when it cooled, were then stuck inside of the casing.
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You have to be extremely careful when dealing with components like this. We tend to take these things for granted but these batteries are nothing to shake a stick at. They are capable of extremely serious current output and can be very dangerous to yourself and everyone else. A good rule of thumb is to treat the battery as if it could attack at any moment: don't make any sudden movements, and certainly don't encourage it (like prodding it with a threaded rod for instance  )!
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