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Battery options group 47 and? 200 1989

Yeah, but imagine if this had been a LiIon battery...

I was once told that lead acid batteries remain popular in the car industry for SLI purposes because of their relative benign failure modes in extreme conditions. The only real drawback is the same thing that brought down the Hindenburg airship (aka Zeppelin), combustible gas (although in fully sealed batteries that's less of a potential issue).

Other failure modes like overcharging boil the battery dry and makes it go open circuit. A short circuit may do the same (never mind the wiring going up in flames, but that would happen with any battery system if the current isn't controlled).

I'm not saying lead acid batteries are fool proof, but in comparison to some other battery technologies, they're not that dangerous.






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