battery charging

joeweir1 · Post by **joeweir1** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:37 pm

Feel dumb asking this but, would charging my battery on 6 volt setting hurt my battery at all?I accidently bumped the switch from 12v to 6 volt in the process of charging and did not see it till I checked to see the full charge light was on much later.joe

davomoto · Post by **davomoto** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:36 pm

Joe, I must admit, I've done ythe same thing, and no negative effect. Much better than going the other way, 12v on a 6v battery!

Davo

Gunner_CAF · Post by **Gunner_CAF** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 12:25 am

No, I won't hurt it. It won't charge, but no damage done.

Gunner

joeweir1 · Post by **joeweir1** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 9:39 am

thanks.The full charge light was on when I discovered it, but then I did hook it back up and it did take awhile for it to actually charge.

jensen · Post by **jensen** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 2:03 am

Hi,

It depends on the charger. When it's current driven, there will be no damage and the battery will charge, only slower. If it's a voltage driven, the battery wil not charge, and there's a change for damage of the charger (not the battery).

If it's a modern computerised charger, it depends on the brand or / and type if damage will occur.

Jensen

Gunner_CAF · Post by **Gunner_CAF** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:15 pm

jensen wrote:Hi,

It depends on the charger. When it's current driven, there will be no damage and the battery will charge, only slower. If it's a voltage driven, the battery wil not charge, and there's a change for damage of the charger (not the battery).

If it's a modern computerised charger, it depends on the brand or / and type if damage will occur.

Jensen

One should always include the "snowball's chance in hell" possibility just in case the person in question is still not confused.