This season the Chesapeake District has seen an unusual amount of battery leaks and incidents occurring at competitions. As far as I know, there have been 3 incident at 3 different events.
During the week 1 Southwest event, Team 1086 was the first reported incident on Saturday morning. Students and mentors in the pit noticed our team polos turning red in some areas. One students spot ended up putting a hole in his shirt, which is when we realized it was battery acid. The situation was handled and nobody was harmed. This was a brand new battery that had been on the field once and was charging when we noticed.
The second incident I don’t have much information on other than it was a battery leak for a brand new battery
The third incident occurred this past weekend, Saturday night at the week 4 Central event. Team 422 returned from a match and upon removal of their battery, noticed it was hot and expanding. Eventually the battery started releasing fumes and was contained. Nobody was harmed. This again, was a brand new battery.
Have any other district or regionals experienced an event like this during this season in regards to brand new batteries?