Today I was working on my yacht in the marina and was doing some light drilling
work. I noticed some smoke coming from the
battery. I looked at it for about 3/4 seconds and it appeared to be getting worse quite quickly. I threw the
battery into a plastic bucket, raced up the stairs, across the
deck then dipped the bucket into sea
water. That seemed to stop any further chemical reaction. When I emptied the bucket the
water was very gray.
I'm worried now about
charging batteries in the car garage as I normally do. Does anyone else have similar concerns?