charging my battery forgot to turn charger off

Started by volksrodAiden, May 20, 2013, 08:55:50 AM

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volksrodAiden

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Put my battery on charge last night as the alternator regulator is kaput. Started charging it around 6pm. Was ment to turn it off this morning before i came to work but forgot. Will this do either the battery or charger damage? it will be around 6 tonight when i get to turn it off.

thanks guys

aiden

farmer rob

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Hi Aiden, if it is switched to normal charge! they should both be fine. If it is switched to any boost circuit , it will bugger your battery.

Rob

volksrodAiden

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Normal 12v charge (i think) haha. The battery is brand new. ! year guarentee anyway  ;)

thanks pal. helpful as always.

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as Rob says and some chargers go into a monitoring mode if left on when fully charged.
some you can leave on for months over winter it just ups the electricity bill but keeps the batteries healthy.

volksrodAiden

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BAttery was fine. only charged 75%  though. So just been to go buy a new charger. happy days.

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