Thread: charging the battery

Hi Guys,
Thanks,
it was ok in the end, the alternator was not working and the mrs had a half hour of peak hour to drop off.

But the dam alternator was in a bad way from oil leaks and salt water and is getting replaced all for $900, they had no others and one from land rover was going to be more

Originally Posted by Mr Ploppy

Have to admit I dont do this and have not even thought about it being a problem. Am i taking a big risk?

Yes Simon, it’s a double sized risk.

What can happen is, you can have a stuffed battery with a dropped cell thats shorted out.

This cause the battery to over charge all the other cells.

Not knowing there is a problem, you turn the motor off and do what ever you need to, you go to start but a stuffed battery is a stuffed battery.

You get someone to give you a jump start.

You connect up the first lead. No circuit at this time so no spark.

As you connect the second lead, you create the circuit and cause a spark.

The gas, caused by all the cells cooking, is ignited and the top blows off the battery.

This is bad enough, but remember, you are probably leaning over the battery to connect the leads, so you ware the blast and the acid.

Again, yes Simon you and everybody else doing this are most certainly taking a big risk.

The problem is that most people are totally unaware that there is a risk and how big it is.