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Old 04-11-2005, 03:16 PM   #9 (permalink)
slowzuki
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Default Re: Can you overcharge a battery with trickle charger

El cheapo trickle chargers will overcharge. I left one on a battery by accident and came into the garage a week later. I could hear a sizzling noise and traced it to the very warm battery that was boiling either by some chemical reaction inside or just plain too hot.

I unplugged it and left it alone until it cooled as I have heard of overcharged batteries bursting and spewing acid.
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