[PLUG] Batteries and UPSs

[Holger Stephan]

Aaron Burt wrote:
>  And just in case anyone gets the wrong idea, please note that CAR
>  BATTERIES CONTAIN SULFURIC ACID as an electrolyte.
>
>  It's nasty poisonous burninating corroding stuff that goes everywhere
>  when a battery explodes. I am forever grateful that when I had a
>  car battery explode, it was outside under the hood of my car rather
>  than, say, sitting in the same room as me.

There are more poisonous materials in an average household than diluted 
sulfuric acid as in a car battery. Yes, it will eat cotton and other 
fabrics and irritate your skin but otherwise it is not even known to 
cause cancer.

- Holger