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JohnBHanson · 21st Apr 2014, 8:59 pm

One day I heard a loud bang. The battery in the kitchen clock (AA type) had exploded and blown the clock off the wall onto the floor (And smashing the clock in the fall).

The battery compartment was in two bits as was the battery. The positive end had blown out.

The battery had been installed from new, and it was only about 3 months before the bang. Clocks are light current uses, and the movement was still working although the battery holder was broken. Rest of clock damaged by fall from wall.

Very bad(!)

21st Apr 2014, 8:59 pm	#31
JohnBHanson Heptode Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Worthing, Sussex, UK. Posts: 662	Re: The hidden danger of dead batteries... One day I heard a loud bang. The battery in the kitchen clock (AA type) had exploded and blown the clock off the wall onto the floor (And smashing the clock in the fall). The battery compartment was in two bits as was the battery. The positive end had blown out. The battery had been installed from new, and it was only about 3 months before the bang. Clocks are light current uses, and the movement was still working although the battery holder was broken. Rest of clock damaged by fall from wall. Very bad(!)