How can you tell if you have a converter/charger with a battery maintenance mode or not? I use my camper constantly, so it’s almost always plugged in. I do check my water levels regularly, but want to make sure I’m not damaging anything. Thanks!
Lead acid batteries can explode when the electrolyte levels are correct too. From the photo provided with the article, I see a small black wire and alligator clipped to the negative battery cable of the negative battery terminal. An alligator clip is not a tight connection. Lose connections at either the negative or positive terminal if an arc or spark occurs can also cause a gassing battery to explode with a correct electrolyte levels, so keep those connections clean and tight too.
I have seen the results of a fatal battery explosion. As a firefighter I was dispatched to an auto repair garage fire. A mechanic had been working under a car. Something went terribly wrong and the battery exploded. The explosion ignited the car with the mechanic still underneath. The fire department easily extinguished the fire when we got there, but the mechanic was still under the car. He suffered 3rd degree burns over much of his body. He was soon air lifted to a burn center. It took that poor man more than a week to die.
Thank you, Mike, for the way you teach us about safely handling all things electric.
How can you tell if you have a converter/charger with a battery maintenance mode or not? I use my camper constantly, so it’s almost always plugged in. I do check my water levels regularly, but want to make sure I’m not damaging anything. Thanks!
Lead acid batteries can explode when the electrolyte levels are correct too. From the photo provided with the article, I see a small black wire and alligator clipped to the negative battery cable of the negative battery terminal. An alligator clip is not a tight connection. Lose connections at either the negative or positive terminal if an arc or spark occurs can also cause a gassing battery to explode with a correct electrolyte levels, so keep those connections clean and tight too.
Thank you Mike for your recommendation of the Flo-rite battery watering system. Just did my monthly fill of 6 batteries. Took 3 minutes.
It’s a great system…
Yes I have a standard 12V lead acid battery.
Mike
Does the Battery Tender Plus have a battery desulfator capability and is this really very important?
Thanks
Jim
Do you have Flooded Lead Acid batteries?
I have seen the results of a fatal battery explosion. As a firefighter I was dispatched to an auto repair garage fire. A mechanic had been working under a car. Something went terribly wrong and the battery exploded. The explosion ignited the car with the mechanic still underneath. The fire department easily extinguished the fire when we got there, but the mechanic was still under the car. He suffered 3rd degree burns over much of his body. He was soon air lifted to a burn center. It took that poor man more than a week to die.
Thank you, Mike, for the way you teach us about safely handling all things electric.
Larry