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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Holey moley! The only time I caused a battery to hiss and spit, I killed it! (So much talk of killing today, not sure why...) Reversed a cell by drawing voltage too low, then it began charging at 125 amps or whatever I was drawing at the time - that's where the hissing & spitting comes from.
I'd have a quick look-see with the DMM at each battery in your pack to see if you can find an obviously ailing one!
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Nawww, my batteries' bark is worse than their bite!
It makes the same sounds when I charge them. The worst battery showed 11.75 volts about 2 days ago. I'll double check them all again though, now that you said that. One of the bad batteries in my "old pack" used to make those "silent but deadly" farts! I'd be driving along and then there was this nasty rotten egg smell. Then I remembered that its the sulfur in eggs that makes that smell, and there's sulfuric acid in the batteries.....
Yup, my car has loads of personality.