Battery charger - connect negative to chassis
I have read, and followed the advice, that when you hook up a charger to the engine battery, you should connect the negative cable to something connected to the chassis. However, with this motor home ...
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midnightsadie wrote:
x2 I,ve seen batteries explode in a test room ,ain,t pretty ,all that stuff blows up in your face ,
While that might be true, the odds of having enough hydrogen gas accumulated around the battery to create more than a little POOF are somewhat less than being struck by lightening when the sky is clear.
YES, it is perfectly fine to connect directly to the posts.
Plugging in the charger last is a good idea.
One of my chargers won't work right if you don't do it that way.
Amazingly enough, it says that right in the instructions.
