Posted by bc on April 12, 2008 at 08:18:49 from (66.140.173.77):
In Reply to: battery charging posted by young farmer on April 11, 2008 at 09:17:08:
My 2 cents. I've charged 6 v bats with 12 v high amps before but you just have to watch the battery to make sure it doesn't get to hot and then boil out so not very long. This is usually just till it is charged enough to start.
On trickle charging, if it doesn't make the bat to hot then probably ok but you need to monitor them and not needed daily or constantly over the winter unless you are having a discharge problem. I've had bats stay up all winter with no use and no problem. But there are too many things that can short or cause a minor discharge that will run the bat down over the winter along with just being cold can run them down and I've had those problems too. For bats not run over the winter, I'd just disconnect the cables and if worried just charge them once a month or so. Seems like dead bats and freezing weather makes it difficult for bats to come back to life again.
Also don't put a bat on concrete or the ground. Somehow makes them go deader than a doornail. For loose bats, set them on an insulator.
And as we all know heat is the major cause of bat failure and particularly during the summer and those 100 degree days. Sometimes twisting the post while romoving and cleaning the clamp on a hot battery damage the internal connections. However, the symptons of bat damage usually don't show up until the winter when you try to use the extra amps that are no longer there.
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