"Jim Higgins" wrote
"Jack Painter" wrote:

"Jim Higgins" wrote

I notice an earlier "expert" recommended against charging sealed
cells indoors. Hogwash! That's exactly one of the reasons
sealed cells like the Cyclons were developed. The other was to
eliminate the high labor expense - not to mention hassle - of
frequent checks and water additions.

I never said I was an "expert", I only described my own safe use of a 12v
deep cell marine battery indoors. But I notice your setup:

I'm sitting here looking at my own setup using a standard auto
starting battery - cheap non-sealed Walmart special

- Does NOT include a sealed battery, many of which are just cheap junk
that
could easily blow up with too much charge, and giving general advice to
someone not knowledgeable about batteries, would be don't charge them
indoors. That stands as good advice until you can demonstrate otherwise,
and
accept the responsibility for accidents resulting from misuse of
batteries
or charging equipment.

Jack Painter
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Jack, you basically don't know enough about what you're talking
about to be giving advice - especially since you now want to play
the safety card. If you're really concerned with safety, then
anecdotal advice based on limited personal experience is NOT the
way to go. I suggest you heed your own advice regarding
accepting responsibility.


OK Jim, I'll accept you were an expert in the battery field, and your advice
is appreciated. How about just quoting some of your
manufacturer-recommendations for safe battery charging? You know, the kind
that are in large, bold print, usually in red ink, in both the battery and
charger instructions? "Cautions" and "Warnings", listing various types of
personal injury, or death, that can result from misuse or failure to follow
instructions. Unfortunately, these warnings don't travel around with used
batteries and used chargers that sit in someone's garage for decades.

Jack Painter
Virginia Beach, Virginia