The Potential Danger of Charging Lead Acid Batteries

摘要

RECENTLY, COMPANIES IN MY battalion responded to an alarm activation call in an industrial warehouse containing cardboard. The call came in at approximately 2018 hours; the warehouse had been closed for several hours. The facility consisted of the cardboard warehouse and a day care center, which was attached on the Delta side and housed under the same roof system. We accessed the structure with a key in a lockbox outside the facility; we obtained the code to open the box from the owner by phone. The alarm panel indicated a carbon monoxide (CO) alarm in the facility. We confirmed this with four-gas meter readings that were as high as 28 parts per million (ppm). Oxygen, lower explosive level, and hydrogen sulfide (H_2S) readings were unaffected and displayed normal levels.