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Re: exploding TAG TKM battery
Posted by 'SimonS' on 20 Dec 2014 @ 22:00

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What kind of battery was it?

Most kart batteries are AGM ( Absorbed Glass Mat), where Electrolyte is held in a Glass fibre matting between the plates.

It is possible to distort the plates to the point where they short out inside the battery and heat up the insides. I've only ever done it by 'invasive' techniques as an experiment.

However like all lead acid batteries it is possible to overheat the batteries by overcharging, so if your TKM has the same circuitry as a Blue and charges while running, it is vaguely possible to get a fire that way. (It means producing greater that 2.5 volts per cell at more than 2.5 amps to an already fully charged battery, so it is unlikely)

I've also had an incident when the lip of the battery case shorted the terminals, but that is usually obvious because it results in flash and weld marks and one incident when I presume a bit of debris got caught across the terminals ( a bit of brake wire?)

I would replace your battery with another battery ( any UPC battery 12 V and 7 AH or greater should do) and see if it works on a stand, monitoring the battery carefully for a while.

It shouldn't need to stop your karting unless you think you have a faulty powerbox / charging circuit.

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exploding TAG TKM battery by 'nichop' (20 Dec 2014 @ 18:31)

Re: exploding TAG TKM battery by 'GlennGuest23' (20 Dec 2014 @ 19:40)

Re: exploding TAG TKM battery by 'SimonS' << You are here!

Re: exploding TAG TKM battery by 'nichop' (20 Dec 2014 @ 22:44)

Re: exploding TAG TKM battery by 'SimonS' (21 Dec 2014 @ 11:00)

Re: exploding TAG TKM battery by 'alanrr' (21 Dec 2014 @ 17:22)

What sort of battery does Rotax use ? by 'nichop' (21 Dec 2014 @ 20:44)

Re: What sort of battery does Rotax use ? by 'alanrr' (21 Dec 2014 @ 21:29)

Re: What sort of battery does Rotax use ? by 'iant' (21 Dec 2014 @ 22:38)

Re: What sort of battery does Rotax use ? by 'AndyOxfordshire' (21 Dec 2014 @ 23:07)

Re: What sort of battery does Rotax use ? by 'CountWill' (22 Dec 2014 @ 14:05)

Re: What sort of battery does Rotax use ? by 'alanrr' (22 Dec 2014 @ 22:00)

Said he by 'bt3962' (23 Dec 2014 @ 9:39)

Re: Said he by 'nichop' (23 Dec 2014 @ 13:47)

Re: Said he by 'nichop' (14 Jan 2015 @ 20:09)

Re: Said he by 'alanrr' (23 Dec 2014 @ 17:24)

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