Safety Talk
How This Affects You: Nearly 6,000 people every year suffer serious eye injuries from working around batteries. Don't be one of them. When being serviced or replaced, automotive lead-acid batteries can cause burns. These batteries contain sulfuric acid; one droplet of this corrosive chemical can seriously damage eyes or skin. Lead-acid batteries also produce flammable hydrogen gas while being charged. This gas can expand and seep out of vent caps. Any spark could ignite the hydrogen and the battery could explode. Jump-starting the battery-  Turn off all electrical equipment, including the engine. Connecting the jumper battery while a load is being […]
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