[ROVERNET - UK] Battery Charging, in or out of the car

Slatskars slatskars at comcast.net
Thu Aug 16 22:25:20 BST 2007


You can also purchase a very slow charge battery maintainer from Harbor 
freight for about $7 on sale. this will keep it up with minimal danger of 
over charging. Great for cars that do not get driven regularly.

Slats
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Humphreys" <brian_humphreys at btconnect.com>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 2:11 AM
Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] Battery Charging, in or out of the car


> All,
>
> I recently had to purchase a new battery. Not because my old one was worn
> out, but because it had been in and out of the car so many times to be
> charged (too much sitting in the garage and not enough driving), that the
> constant removing of the negative terminal had made the lead post turn 
> into
> a conical shape. As a result, tightening the negative terminal meant that
> the terminal climbed up the post and off the top!
>
> Anyway, why shouldn't I charge the battery in the car and leave the 
> positive
> and negative terminals connected. Is this a potentially dangerous thing to
> do, and is there any danger of damaging the modern radio/cd player that I
> have fitted.
>
> For info, my new battery is of the fully sealed variety and is mounted in
> the boot.
>
> Many thanks,
> Brian.
>
>
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