YOU SAID:
The battery went bananas.
INTO JAPANESE
バッテリーはバナナになりました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The battery has become a banana.
INTO JAPANESE
バッテリーはバナナになっています。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The battery is a banana.
INTO JAPANESE
バッテリーはバナナです。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The battery is a banana.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.