Recommendation for replacement battery
First, anyone traveling this weekend I wish you a safe and fun trip. My battery is going on 3 years old and doesn't seem to maintain a charge for very long so I'm going to replace it. Any advice on w...
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2oldman wrote:covered wagon wrote:I think the fire risks may be just a bit blown out of proportion. I've heard many stories about lead acid batteries blowing up, but so far nobody is advocating not using them.
Cannot see buying 800 dollar batteries and then spend the same for a good charger to keep from having fire or explosion.
And you don't need an $800 charger.
That, they do, especially under high amperage boosting where they are producing lots of explosive gases. When jump starting a vehicle it's good practice to cover the battery with a cloth, clamp the positive terminal first and then the negative and don't smoke.
Lithium-Iron batteries charge with a conventional staged converter that you already have in your camper btw.
My Android gets pretty warm when I'm using power at an accelerated rate. Not sure why the Samsung Galaxy phones went up in flames though. Must have been more than one because Samsung quit producing them.
