Timeline for Can I charge a 12V car battery with a 16V 1.5A adapter?
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| Jan 15, 2016 at 18:09 | vote | accept | Ankan Biswas | ||
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| Dec 24, 2015 at 14:03 | comment | added | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | @HandyHowie - Yah, you see battery explosions all the time because of 2/10/50A battery rechargers ... WAY too much amperage for the battery to handle <cough><cough> | |
| Dec 23, 2015 at 22:57 | comment | added | HandyHowie | @racefever. 4 amps is hardly a lot of current when it comes to charging a car battery, an alternator is capable of providing a lot more current than that. | |
| Dec 23, 2015 at 20:05 | comment | added | race fever | Sure! Basically stuff inside gets heated up due to too much current at once. The battery cannot vent the resulting fumes fast enough and it ends up being a sort of pressure cooker. It reaches a point where the plastic casing won't hold up and explodes. It can happen to sealed and open batteries. I would really just take it somewhere to get charged or replaced. You can end up paying much more. Last one I saw was an SUV who needed about $2000 worth of work and parts (including paint) after the explosion. | |
| Dec 23, 2015 at 19:51 | comment | added | Ankan Biswas | @race I know the risks involved, but can you tell me what exactly goes wrong which causes the explosion? | |
| Dec 23, 2015 at 15:38 | comment | added | race fever | I guess he will get the pleasure of having an car battery exploding in the engine bay and making extensive damage. I've seen it enough times to be ultra careful with them. | |
| Dec 23, 2015 at 14:54 | history | answered | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |