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Charging my Battery

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Ok, am I being stupid?

I hooked my new battery up to the charger yesterday. After a couple of hours the battery was bubbling and warm to the touch. I hesitate to use the word boiling, but it was audibly bubbling. Is this normal?


I took it off just in case.
 
How big is the charger? Technically speaking, a 2-amp charger is too large.

Hopefully you caught it in time, because a warm battery is NOT good.

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1.5 amp charger

So if the battery is bubbling, take it off the charger.
 
1.5 amps should not have had the battery bubbling. :-k

Some minor bubbling is OK, but it should NOT be getting all that warm.

Is that a manual charger, an automatic charger, or a "charger-maintainer"?

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Same one I use.
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Try it again, but keep an eye (and a voltmeter) on it.

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If it is a standard lead acid battery with caps for each cell, I suggest removing the caps so it does not explode if it does bubble. Just a thought.
 
Thanks KK.

I wondered why the battery was bulging like that. Kidding. The caps were off.

It was a bad charger. Picked another one up. Hooked it up. Worked fine. Battery is charged and ready for action.
 
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