Gassing
Do flooded wet cell batteries only produce gas when being charged? Can they be charged outdoors and then placed inside a camper for use powering fans, etc. safely?
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SidecarFlip wrote:
The gas both ways, charge and discharge. Chemical reaction.
The discharge has the SG and voltage going down together, but on recharge there is "SG Lag" which AFAIK is related to gassing somewhat.
Not too clear on how that all fits.
In the TC with its not much to outside vented battery box under the step up to the bed in front, the Wet batts on converter Float 13.6 kept making the LP alarm go off. I put in AGMs to cure that. Lately after moving the AGMs to the Class C, I have a sealed Wet in the TC on converter Float and it does not set off the LP alarm.
(I figure the LP alarm is sensitive to battery fumes as well as propane. Other fumes too according to reports on here about that.)
However, that may not answer the OP about safety, since the LP alarm is not a human and may have different standards for what is acceptable wrt battery fumes.
