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19th January 2013 | 14:42

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Shawn Coyle

Joined: Dec 2001

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From: Philadelphia PA

I had a lead acid battery do the equivalent of a thermal runaway in a helicopter. After emergency landing the air base's firemen emptyed a 6' high CO2 extinguisher on the battery, and an hour later it was still boiling. Lots of thermal mass!

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