Posted by Walt Davies on November 06, 2012 at 08:02:26 from (70.199.226.142):
In Reply to: battery charger posted by Jake Collie on November 06, 2012 at 05:08:56:
A lot depends on the battery type a normal car battery expects a quick charge to bring back up after starting the car then it goes to a trickle charge to maintain it at top amperage. A deep cycle battery is different it expects to be run down to nothing then slowly brought back to full amperage. people who use large amperage chargers are only putting a lot of unneccery load on the battery. You can bring a low battery up quick with these in a hurry but they put to much of a chage on the battery and can damage it if used a lot. Some trucks or large diesel engines have a large 80 or 100 amp alternator but this used for running a lot of lights and other things not for charging the batteries if you have an ammeter in the truck watch the meter go up as you turn on things in the cab. Then go back to a low charge as you turn them off. High charging rates can over heat the battery and cause the battery to loose water due to separation the hydrogen and oxegen. The smell is the hydrogen don't light your cigarette over the battery at this time. Boom. As far as the acid the only to loose this is to dump the battery over. A fully dead battery will have mostly water in it as the acid is in the plates to charge these it take more amps to get them started but should come down after a few minutes to Finnish the charge. Old chargers can over charge your battery if left on to long that's why it pays to replace these antiques with a new regulating charger. Walt
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