Battery Charging
Submitted: Tuesday, Jun 28, 2005 at 21:07
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Evening all, On the weekend I thought that I would charge up the second battery(deep cycle) using the Projecta charger. This is the low input version (2.5 amps) hooked up the charger and had the bonnet adjar(spelling). It turns out that the bonnet actually closed further during the day. The result was a short circuit of the battery (the aligator clips touched the the material lining the bonnet and must have also touched the bonnet itself. The material caught on fire or smolded. The battery is RS and the bonnet is up for a new paint job.
Just a reminder to keep the bonnet up when charging batteries and make sure it can't close.
Regards
Mark
Reply By: Pluto - Wednesday, Jun 29, 2005 at 10:45
Wednesday, Jun 29, 2005 at 10:45
Mark,
I have set up for charging similarly to Age. I found that I needed to have the battery charged from time to time, while I was working away and decided to make connecting the charger as simple as I could, for my wife.
I ran leads from each battery to all weather sockets, mounted in the the grill. A coresponding plug on the charger. No need to open the bonnet to fiddle with aligator clips, just plug it in and turn it on. To make it easier still for her, I attached a small length of shock cord to the cable, which could be hooked onto a fastener on the garage wall. If she (or I) forgot to unplug the chargerbefore backing out of the garage, the shock cord would pull the charger plug from the vehicle and safely suspend it out of the way.
This set up has also provided a very handy power outlet on the vehicle for running
camp lighting, the portable compressor and a variety of other electrical bits and pieces around the
campsite.
It's heaps better than those stupid clips.
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Follow Up By: Member - Jeff M (WA) - Wednesday, Jun 29, 2005 at 15:38
Wednesday, Jun 29, 2005 at 15:38
Good one Pluto, I was actually thinking of doing that exact same thing the other day, now I know it works I may put it on my project list.
Currenty I charge the batteries with aligator clips and the bonnet down...
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Follow Up By: Pluto - Wednesday, Jun 29, 2005 at 15:49
Wednesday, Jun 29, 2005 at 15:49
For good measure don't forget to fuse the lines.
I used Arrid plugs & sockets they have a couple of different sockets with all weather covers on them. You can get them from The 12 Volt
Shop, among other
places.
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Follow Up By: Member - Jeff M (WA) - Wednesday, Jun 29, 2005 at 15:55
Wednesday, Jun 29, 2005 at 15:55
Come to think of it I'm pretty sure I've got a weather proof Hella type 16amp hella plug laying around somewhere that'll do the trick... Yeah I'll run them through the Aux fuse box, otherwise we'll be back to square one again on the saftey side!! ;-)
Thanks Pluto!
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