This was not fun!! But this image makes a great inside view of a battery.
I was charging this battery in the snow plow truck when a squirrel found a way
to short the 13kv side on our pole mounted step down transformer, to one of the two 110v.
Worst of all it happened as I was walking, err trudging, through 3 foot of snow
to get into the truck, and I was standing right beside ithe battery when it happened.
I wound up on the ground picking plastic out of me, completely disoriented, and couldn't hear squat.
When I got my wits about me again I realized I was full of acid too.. Thankfully I wear glasses.
I ran for the house stripped and jumped in the shower.
I didn't suffer and burns, but pretty much lost all the cloths I had on, they were already deteriorating by the time I got out of the shower.
I wish the fun ended there, but this also did nearly $6k of damages inside the house, even with a hole house surge suppressor and suppression strips
As far as the plow truck ( old Willies Jeep)
I tried to wash the acid off as best I could but it sure does show where there was acid.
Oh yeah almost forgot, the dead squirrel had a charred side on him ( but thats about it).
I had hoped that little %^& woulda gotten worse!!
We found him when the power co. came to replace the fuse in the transformer