How do you trickle charge a

I had a battery short internally & blow up under me on the 960 Ford. Hearing came back in 5-10 seconds, the sheetmetal protected my face as the top blew off. Acid was dripping everywhere.

Have a WHOLE new respect for that issue, but folks have to see it for themselves before they respect this. Only happens one in a thousadnd, but wow is it spectacular when your number comes up! :)

--->Paul

1. As posted by Dave and roger, + to + and - to - regardless of how it is hooked up in the equipment. You are charging the batt, not running the equip.

2. Safety 1st, so as mentioned, no sparks. Best way to do that is to insure your charger is unplugged before hooking up to and removing from the batt.

3. I assume your spark came from an energized charger, with the 50 amp (100 amp on 6 v) button in the on position and the minute you got the second lead on the batt it delivered what you told it to....50 amps. DON'T do that. You will make a very bad mess for you and your equip.

4. Trickle charge is on the order of 1 amp or slightly higher with preferably a very accurate voltage monitor in the charger that knows when your batt drops 0.2 v or so and kicks the 1 amp back in and out as the voltage fluctuates.

So 4 2N, with that said did we answer your questions or are we on different sheets of music?

txblu

If you had a dead battery i would expect a spark.

Roger in Michigan