Charge a battery from distro blocks?

[ãÞ0çã|ÿÞs]

Hey,

I don't have a battery charger, and need to charge a battery. Can I throw it
in my trunk and connect it to my + and - distrobution blocks to charge it?
It's really dead, been sitting outside all summer and now in the cold a bit,
and reads 5v or so. Think it's still good?

Thx

[sanitarium]

It will work as long as the charge current does not exceed your fuse rating
(which it shouldn't). If the charge current peaks higher than the fuse
capacity you'll pop the fuse.

Yikes 5V... charge it up and see. My accord needs a healthy 12 volts.
Anything down below 11 and I replace the batt.

Garrett

"ãÞ0çã|ÿÞs" > wrote in message
...
> Hey,
>
> I don't have a battery charger, and need to charge a battery. Can I throw
it
> in my trunk and connect it to my + and - distrobution blocks to charge it?
> It's really dead, been sitting outside all summer and now in the cold a
bit,
> and reads 5v or so. Think it's still good?
>
> Thx
>
>
>

[Kevin McMurtrie]

In article >,
"ãÞ0çã|ÿÞs" > wrote:

> Hey,
>
> I don't have a battery charger, and need to charge a battery. Can I throw it
> in my trunk and connect it to my + and - distrobution blocks to charge it?
> It's really dead, been sitting outside all summer and now in the cold a bit,
> and reads 5v or so. Think it's still good?
>
> Thx

You can not charge your battery that way unless your charger has
precision regulation. At 5V, the battery is so dead that it won't
conduct well initially. Without a heavy load, the typical SCR regulated
charger will generate high voltage spikes that can damage your car's
electronics.

5V is a really bad sign. Lead sulfate on the plates of a dead battery
grows together into durable crystals over time. Leaving a lead acid
battery discharged really hurts its life-span.