What happens when you use a trickle charger?
Older trickle chargers simply pump-out the advertised amperage into the battery regardless of the battery state of charge. Even though the amps might not be a lot, say one or two, once the battery is fully charged those one or two amps will be overcharging the battery.
Is it possible to reverse charge a battery?
If you have a wet cell battery are filling it for the first time, and are using an old style battery charger, non smart charger, and short the terminals while you are filling it, yes it is possible to hook up the charger backward and reverse charge it.
When to turn off trickle charger auto Fella?
A high amp reading indicates that your battery is low on energy and if the reading is low, it indicates that your battery has enough charge. In the latter instance, you can turn the trickle charger off and then reconnect your charger. Most if not all trickle charges work in the same way.
Is it possible to charge a car battery backwards?
If that was to happen, and a charger was hooked on backwards, or if it was installed in a kick start vehicle and hooked up backwards, then you can end up with a battery that has been charged, but backwards. Notice there are a lot of ‘ands’ in the above scenario. This situation is possible, but not very likely.
Older trickle chargers simply pump-out the advertised amperage into the battery regardless of the battery state of charge. Even though the amps might not be a lot, say one or two, once the battery is fully charged those one or two amps will be overcharging the battery.
A high amp reading indicates that your battery is low on energy and if the reading is low, it indicates that your battery has enough charge. In the latter instance, you can turn the trickle charger off and then reconnect your charger. Most if not all trickle charges work in the same way.
Can a trickle charger be used on a snowmobile?
The two amp six and twelve volt battery trickle charger has the convenience of multiple battery connectors. It charges motorcycles, lawn tractors, ATVs and snowmobiles. This trickle charger can charge small batteries or large batteries, and can even be used for classic or antique batteries. It has two different charging settings.
What happens if you hook up a car charger backwards?
Your gramps is lucky, usually hooking the charger up backward tears a hole in the space-time continuum and the charger, car, and person are never heard from again. Close call. PS thank your gramps for doing that so you have that packard to work with today. If it’d kept running probably wouldn’t be around now. Sometimes bad luck turns good.