Reply With Quoteas long as it didnt boil it dry you should be ok. did you notice any foul odors?
was the battery hot?
C.T. :wink:
I forgot I put one of my boat batteries on the charger in my garage last night. It's been charging all last night and all day today.
Is this going to be a problem?
as long as it didnt boil it dry you should be ok. did you notice any foul odors?
was the battery hot?
C.T. :wink:
I haven't even been home yet!!!!
I hope my house didn't burn down.
I hope my house didn't burn down.
If it did, it will because your wife didn't butt her smoke in the ashtray after sleeping with the neighbor. Leaving a battery on the charger should not pose any fire hazard.
What type/size of charger and what kind of battery?
If it did, it will because your wife didn't butt her smoke in the ashtray after sleeping with the neighbor. Leaving a battery on the charger should not pose any fire hazard.
What type/size of charger and what kind of battery?
Actually that's not 100% true.. Optima's and a few other "performance" batteries have been known to randomly explode while charging. A neighbor of mine in the keys burnt up a pretty nice sandrail and did some damage to his garage becuase they left a battery charging unattended for a little while.
RD
Get a Battery Tender or another charger that turns off by itself, then you don't have to worry about it.
I don't know what kind of charger it is. It's probably middle of the road. The battery is just a standard car battery.
hopefully the charger can sense the load and just shut itself off????
Shit... 45 more minutes until I can leave work.
I'm freaking out.
Optima's and a few other "performance" batteries have been known to randomly explode while charging.
I suppose if there was a bad contact close to the battery, and it was being heavily overcharged, there would be a very real possibility of explosion. Thanks for setting me straight.
I thought the Optima has those weird caps that are a catalyst to turn hydrogen and oxygen back into water, helping the battery retain water and almost eliminating the possibility of explosion.
Wouldn't a non-AGM battery have a much higher likelihood of explosion?
I don't know what kind of charger it is. It's probably middle of the road. The battery is just a standard car battery.
hopefully the charger can sense the load and just shut itself off????
Unless it is a 3 state charger, it will not shut off. It will, however, go into 'float charge' mode. That's not great for the battery over long periods but it's fine for a day. It would be a problem if you left it on for weeks at a time and you'd have to add water to the battery but for a day, forget about it.
There is a chance that your house won't blow up but just to be safe, I recommend you have the fire department disconnect the charger for you.
... I'm just joking about the fire department.
Get a Battery Tender or another charger that turns off by itself, then you don't have to worry about it.
I use a Shumacher charger from Walmart that turns itself off when it's done. I throw the charger on after every weekend.
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