Battery charging???

Group: rec.radio.amateur.antenna Date: Tue, Jan 1, 2013, 11:52am From:
(Tom)
Hi
Thanks for the tips,
I was worried about storing in the basement because of the fumes that
come from them. I figured when charging and their bubbling that adds a
lot of chemical fumes into the home. Is that a concern?
Going to unplug that system I have in the garage now, I hope I haven't
done any damage and was wondering why each battery came to green light
individually but when put in parellel it hasn't came to greenlight for
over a week. I hope I haven't destroyed them. And even though those
chaps at Canadian Tire recommend this, I understand they haven't an
engineering degree in marine batteries, but thankful I get opinions from
this group, thanks for the tips,
73s
"Bill Ogden" wrote in message
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FWIW, I store batteries in my basement over the winter. About every two
weeks I place a small "half-way intelligent" charger on each, in turn,
and bring each up to "full". I think your parallel charging is not a
good idea and may have partly destroyed one of the batteries. Diode
protection (for charging in parallel) might work, but it will probably
change the voltages involved and may confuse an intelligent charger. I
suggest individual charging.
Bill
W2WO

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That bubling is probably hydrogen gas, which is basicaly nontoxic but
explosive. If you have ANY source of ignition in your basement, I would
be VERY concerned!
You need ventiliation to get the hydrogen out.

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