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4SPEED427


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Please forgive my forgetfulness. I think I have asked this before on here. If I hook two separate 10 amp chargers to a battery, if they both go the full 10 amps am I charging the battery @ 20 amps?

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I don't think it works like that Carl. I guess you are trying to speed up the charging process. I'm not 100% sure though.

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VERY DANGEROUS TO DO, FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS AND USE COMMON SENSE

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80GPLJ wrote:
VERY DANGEROUS TO DO, FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS AND USE COMMON SENSE

Agree!!! Saw my son's car battery explode!  What a mess!!! Fortunately no-one was close.

 



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Had a battery pop once. Buy the correct charger.

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Is this a science experiment. Like the one with baking powder and vinegar?

If you need to get the car going quick boost it first. If you do attempt this we want to see the slow mo video of the battery blowing up...

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No, no experiment.

Working with batteries at the cabin.

I will be sticking with one charger! Thanks very much guys.

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to tell you the truth, as the chargers are in parallel across the battery, I'd be more concerned about the chargers screwing each other up and cooking a charger.

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seventy2plus2 wrote:
to tell you the truth, as the chargers are in parallel across the battery, I'd be more concerned about the chargers screwing each other up and cooking a charger.

Being in parrallel poses no problem as the voltage flow (DC) is in the same direction.  Problem is when they try to charge each other!!!!ashamed

 



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Ahh, we wanted a KaBoom!

You have to do it now for all the restless minds on here....

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Never got brave at the cabin. I just used the solar to charge as well as the generator a bit.

One thing I did learn, (slightly off topic) is that the heating pad my wife uses to help with some pain she has is not very hard on my deep cycle batteries. I kept testing the batteries while she used the heating pad the first day when we were there. The pad draws 50 watts. It didn't take a lot for the 30 watt solar panels to recharge the batteries so after that I told her to use the heater all she wanted. How can something that gets so hot (the pad) draw so little current?

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