mjltigger
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New panic. Lots of sweary words..
So our Em said yesterday as she left for work... 'There's a beeping coming from the Campervan' .. left it till today because busy.. just went out and it was the carbon monoxide alarm and there was a stink in the van.. the older of the two batteries is hissing and bubbling.. I turned the charger off and left it to it's own devices but I'm wondering if there's a risk of fire leaving it like that...
Background. Zig charger went US. Bought a more powerful three stage amperor unit and replaced on Sunday. All worked well and left to charve the batteries.
So.. is the gassing just a normal but extreme side effect of the three stage charging getting the plates clean or is the battery broken and either way what's the safest thing to do now.. Leave alone until it settles or get the broken battery out quick..
I'm assuming I need to replace at least the hissing battery if not both but if you can tell me some science that will make me brave enough to tty charging it again I am willing to listen..
Off to Germany on Friday so need to get moving if I'm replacing g the battery(ies)
So our Em said yesterday as she left for work... 'There's a beeping coming from the Campervan' .. left it till today because busy.. just went out and it was the carbon monoxide alarm and there was a stink in the van.. the older of the two batteries is hissing and bubbling.. I turned the charger off and left it to it's own devices but I'm wondering if there's a risk of fire leaving it like that...
Background. Zig charger went US. Bought a more powerful three stage amperor unit and replaced on Sunday. All worked well and left to charve the batteries.
So.. is the gassing just a normal but extreme side effect of the three stage charging getting the plates clean or is the battery broken and either way what's the safest thing to do now.. Leave alone until it settles or get the broken battery out quick..
I'm assuming I need to replace at least the hissing battery if not both but if you can tell me some science that will make me brave enough to tty charging it again I am willing to listen..
Off to Germany on Friday so need to get moving if I'm replacing g the battery(ies)