Is it safe to charge the battery while in the car and hooked up?

haze187

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Im thinking yes because its only 12v and I can also put it on 2 amp low charge... but I want to double check so I dont melt stuff.....

 

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flyn_4d

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I have never had a problem charging a batt. in the car.

 

91mustangnick

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i had a battery blew up in my Stang when it was sitting at a parking lot, so i will take precautions from now on when doing battery things.

Nick

 

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I generally don't do it on my cars just in case something were to happen, but we do it on the trucks at work all the time w/ no problems.

 

haze187

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91mustangnick said:

i had a battery blew up in my Stang when it was sitting at a parking lot, so i will take precautions from now on when doing battery things.

Nick

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Was it charging???????

 

HISSIN50

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one needs to be careful with the gasses floating above a battery (and there can be a lot more gasses when the battery is discharged). toss a spark in there, and bad things happen.

 

haze187

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HISSIN50 said:

one needs to be careful with the gasses floating above a battery (and there can be a lot more gasses when the battery is discharged). toss a spark in there, and bad things happen.

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ive got an optima, no gas ... i think....

 

91mustangnick

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haze187 said:

Was it charging???????

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NO, PARKED IT, HANGOUT WITH FRIENDS GOT BACK IN IT THEN BOOMMMM.
SO NOW ON IM BEING A LITTLE CAREFULLY WITH WHAT KIND OF ELCETRIC STUFF I DO.

NICK