Today I was at my son's shop. He was going to use his cutting torch to cut some rusty bolts off a piece of equipment I am reworking for garden rows. Before we got started cutting we had to get some hand tools off his workbench. Note: He doesn't keep a neat workbench. There were loose bolts/screws, pasteboard boxes, etc., etc. all over the bench. Just before he started cutting we kept smelling some plastic burning. We looked aross the road to see if the neighbors were burning some yard trash but they were not. My son turned around and looked back in the shop and there was a fire on the workbench blazing about 1 foot high. We ran back in the shop and he grabbed the fire extenguisher and put the fire out. Burned up a canvas tool bag and a few other small items but no major damage. I am thankful we didn't go out of the shop and close the door or it would have been a major fire before we knew it.
A battery similar to one of these was at the base of the fire http://battstore.stores.yahoo.net/evlanbat6vol.html .
We had bumped something metal on the workbench and it fell across the wire contacts on the battey and that is what caused the fire. :kamahlitu
Lessons learned here...keep a cleaner workbench and keep a plastic cover over at least one of the battery contacts. :BangHead::BangHead:
A battery similar to one of these was at the base of the fire http://battstore.stores.yahoo.net/evlanbat6vol.html .
We had bumped something metal on the workbench and it fell across the wire contacts on the battey and that is what caused the fire. :kamahlitu
Lessons learned here...keep a cleaner workbench and keep a plastic cover over at least one of the battery contacts. :BangHead::BangHead: