Well, my charger finally turned off after 2 days. Phew. Still gonna vent that sucker before I fire it up again. Any updates with the car, Paulie?

 

My Car is at Motorwerks,Akram finished blowing out all the vent tubes. He is replacing the plastic cowl piece,new Battery & while it is at the shop I'm having him put in a 997 SSK. Everything looks ok under the Battery tray,no corrosive damage that we can see.

 

Ok guys, if you want to be thorough do what I did with my vehicle out West. It's run 3 - 4 weeks of the year almost 4 years now, no issues same Kirkland (Costco) battery.

I've set up the garage with a marine shore charger; ucontroller monitored, temperature compensated and all kinds of safety devices in place.

 

good to hear paulie ... don't forget to post what you think about the 997 ssk. i got the regular 997 shifter and although it's better than the original im not overly thrilled with the excursion of the shifter -- still too much

 

Sounds like Gretchen was messing with wires Sorry to hear Paulie, hope you fix it soon. Art

 

Just got and plugged a porsche battery maintainer. You guys got me worried. How about unplugging the damn thing a day before actualy starting the car. That should prevent this type of issues and keep the battery in top shape... I winter drive my car but it sits a lot in winter months as I try not to take it out on crappy days...

 

That damn Gretchen used the Battery charger wires to tie herself down. Art I hope everything is going OK,I wish your mother a fast recovery.

 

That or to strangle herself .........

 

I think your on to something Ben...

 

Was Powell or Dr. Jitsu in your garage recently ?

 

I'll admit it was possibly me. Skinny White Dude Racing has moved into the Porsche tuning industry, well we tried to until this happened. We use a hybrid version of LS1Edit and HP-Tuners to do some mad programming to the Porsche. What really happened was Paulie was making so much HP it made the battery go kaboom!

I hope that was the case at least... If not it had to be that wiring job Sean did on Paulies new radar. I told him to make sure he put the connectors on the right terminals on the battery.

 

This is for Ben & Dennis:

This is for everyone else:

 

hey paulie heres a bigger pic of the death of battery episode 1

 

Thanks Mister Inspector, nice work.

 

This is excellent for a good well maintained charge but does nothing for the issue suffered here. The build-up of hydrogen gas will happen whenever a battery is charged which is why batteries that aren't in an open engine bay have vent tubes - 996, Miata, etc. etc.. Charging without moving in a garage even with a vent tube (hydrogen being lighter than air) means it may buildup and the stuff is danged flammable if provided a spark. A sealed battery or gel cell is certainly the way to go IMO!