Batterys too cold to charge???
This summer I bought a new to me 5th wheel. it has a Xantrex prosine 2.0 charger/invert installed. I have always been particular on battery maintenance. When I parked the trailer for the winter the ...
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Chris Bryant wrote:
So it is fine to charge a battery that is frozen?
Chris ....
Your comment gives rise to a thought sequence with a possible interesting conclusion:
1. Does ice and/or frozen electrolyte conduct electricity?
2. If so, does a charging voltage applied to a frozen battery still result in some current flow between positive and negative areas inside the battery?
3. If so, will this current flow - even though small at first - slowly begin to unthraw the frozen liquid due to warming from the current flow?
4. If so, will this current flow gradually increase and consequently the warming increase?
5. Hence, is it possible to eventually unthraw a frozen battery by trying long enough to charge it (assuming it didn't freeze so bad as to burst it's case from expansion of frozen liquid)?
