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Old 05-09-2012   #10
Daniel_Mc
 
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Default Re: Charging weak battery

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Originally Posted by Anniv88 View Post
To be safe and not damage the cars electronics, disconnect the battery Pos. and Neg. Hook the charger to it and put it on the 12 amp setting. Do this when you are going to be home all day so you can monitor the charging progress.
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Originally Posted by Anniv88 View Post
You don't want to over charge the battery and boil it dry, as I have done in the past.
When the charger shows a full charge reconnect the battery and you should be good to go....
Dime he makes some good points I had a charger on the GS since it was hard to start once I only had it on for about 2 hours in the 12 amp setting and luckily was in the shop and it started smoking. Since then I take the extra 5 minutes take the battery out of the Vette and charge it on my work bench. I have lost 2 C4's due to fire and don't plan on doing it again (BTW not the Vettes fault the house burned).

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