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Old 5th July 2004 | 06:02
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Battery fumes

In the good old days of lead acid batteries pilots were aware of that batteries could boil and battery compartments were vented to release the gas (hydrogen if memory serves) to atmosphere.
Now we are using NiCad batteries is there any risk from fumes if it gets hot? I know there is a theoretical 'thermal runaway' condition but what about explosive gases?
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