Gee, I need to proof read more before I click send. Sorry everyone. Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Bellville" <soner...@worldnet.att.net> To: "KR builders and pilots" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 4:26 AM Subject: Re: KR>hot battery
> No that this could happen to a KR , but I want to write about something that > happened to a bank of batteries that we use at our water plant to start our > high service pumps. > When I flipped the switch on one of these pumps last Wednesday, there was an > immediate loud explosion from the back room where the batteries are kept. > Upon investigating I found a mist of atomized electrolyte in the air and > battery parts in a 25 ft. radius of the bank. > I will use a dry cell battery in my KR2 from now on, as far as I know these > cannot explode if use properly, and need no ventilation. > I had one in my Sonerai I for two years with no problems. > I was the same one that they use in Jet skis. > > Tim > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
