Setting: Battery Charging Facility Description: Hydrogen concentrations rose in an unmanned room containing backup lead-acid batteries after the exhaust fans failed to start at the 1% hydrogen trigger level (i.e., 25% of the lower flammability limit [LFL]).When the ...
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