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15-01-2014, 11:49

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Re: Legal Counterweights

It would probably be ruled unsafe by inspectors and disallowed. The batteries are sealed lead acid and have the potential to explode if a cell is damaged or ruptured. One of the easiest ways to rupture a battery is for it to see a hard impact, such as dropping it. By mounting the battery as your counterweight, you are necessarily lifting it up high and putting it through a rapid motion path which could cause it to come loose or collide with something.

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