1. So my car battery can explode?

2. Diamonds may be forever and its also likelythats why they are a girls best friend. Few otherthings though have the same propertiesespecially when it comes to electrical devices.Any device can break whether its electrical ormechanical and its almost always likely to breakat an inconvenient time. A mechanical fault canlead to the malfunction of an electrical deviceand how you go about fault finding can dependon the device, how easy it is to gain access to itand your willingness to tackle the problemyourself. 3. When I was recently stranded with my car after thebattery gave up the ghost I looked around for a suitablehelper. Fortunately it wasnt too long before a suitableperson presented himself, or so I thought. I had madethe stereotypical assumptions that it would be better tofind a male, driving a car, and on the more mature sideto help to jump-start my car but my assumptions wereclearly not correct. The man I approached and explainedthe situation too had no experience of jump-starting a carand was not willing to let me get under the hood of his toconnect my cables in case I blew something up.Although I had never previously considered the dangersof jump-starting a car, it turns out he was right to becautious. 4. The electrochemical reactions that take place ina car battery produce hydrogen as a by-productand hence the likelihood of an explosion isdefinitely present. Hydrogen is volatile and giventhe appropriate conditions a battery can indeedexplode while jump-starting. To safely use abattery charger on your car battery the first stepis to read your car owners manual and makesure you have the correct charger to match yourbattery. An even better option is leave it to aprofessional and let them take the risk ofconnecting the charger to the battery. 5. Although a lifeless battery is a frustration to dealwith, its a more familiar scenario to manage butif the fault lies with the battery charger its not soeasy to diagnose nor is charger repair a simpleprocess. How would you know the difference?Well if the charger lights up and the chargesystem delivers a fixed voltage of around 13.8 to14.4 V (Volt) it may appear to be working but ifyour battery is not charged overnight then itstime to ask an expert. Battery charger repair is aprocess best left to a professional, after all noneof want to risk blowing something up. 6. Although a lifeless battery is a frustration to dealwith, its a more familiar scenario to manage butif the fault lies with the battery charger its not soeasy to diagnose nor is charger repair a simpleprocess. How would you know the difference?Well if the charger lights up and the chargesystem delivers a fixed voltage of around 13.8 to14.4 V (Volt) it may appear to be working but ifyour battery is not charged overnight then itstime to ask an expert. Battery charger repair is aprocess best left to a professional, after all noneof want to risk blowing something up.