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Re: Very Confused On Grounding



Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>

"Don't forget that car batteries can give off hydrogen
when they are discharged. Might not be too good around
a sparking coil.

Adam"

	Good advice.  Not likely but sure can happen.  I've had three
explosions from this cause.  Two were due to pulling a clip off the
battery while it was still charging and the third was caused by a
spark.  (A single 2 volt cell feeding the filament of an HV rectifier
tube.)  In each case there acid was splattered around and cleanup was
difficult.

Ed