[DeTomaso] Fuel Cells

[Michael Shortt]

GelCells are what real racers use!



On 5/25/07, JDeRyke at aol.com <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 5/25/07 6:25:15 AM, michaelsavga at gmail.com writes:
>
> << Nah.....Here is one! The battery is inside the cockpit. >>
>
> One of my autocross buddies built a rotary-powered MG Midget that had the
> battery mounted behind the drivers seat. When his wife took the car out for the
> first run of the day, the battery exploded, hosing her down with battery acid.
> A VERY quick trip to a nearby motel and subsequent long shower kept her from
> being badly burned, but she never again drove the car. We think hydrogen gas
> from the battery somehow got ignited by the electric fuel pump or the ignition
> switch when she fired it up. Batteries do not belong in the pass. compartment.
> FWIW- J DeRyke
>
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Michael L. Shortt
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