Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 / ST 1.0; site imagen.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!sun!saber!imagen!turner From: turner@imagen.UUCP (D'arc Angel) Newsgroups: net.cycle Subject: Re: Time to *sniff* hang it up... Message-ID: <156@imagen.UUCP> Date: Mon, 16-Dec-85 11:31:15 EST Article-I.D.: imagen.156 Posted: Mon Dec 16 11:31:15 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 18-Dec-85 05:05:06 EST References: <8800028@uiucdcs> <7100011@uiucdcsb> Organization: The Houses of the Holy Lines: 21 > > I bring my battery in if I don't think I will be riding for a month or > so (when I leave for Christmas vacation). I charge it inside too. I have also > heard that the battery produces hydrogen gas, but I really can't believe > that a small motorcycle battery kept in a well ventilated place is going > to produce gas at such a rate that it could ever accumulate to a dangerous *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** the problem occurs mostly if you leave the tops (caps, covers whatever) on while you charge, the gas will build up under pressure and that can cause bad news, also dont charge near a stove or other open flame, no reason to press your luck. -- god bless Lily St. Cyr -Rocky Horror Picture Show Name: James Turner Mail: Imagen Corp. 2650 San Tomas Expressway, P.O. Box 58101 Santa Clara, CA 95052-9400 AT&T: (408) 986-9400 UUCP: ...{decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!imagen!turner