[AT] Manual battery chargers for very dead batteries.

Vaughn Miller vemiller at gmail.com
Wed Nov 16 05:12:01 PST 2016


And even those who know better are not immune to being forgetful (at least
I know I am not).

Vaughn

On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:

> The first time they get sued when somebody is injured by a battery that
> explodes (overcharging generates hydrogen gas, as I'm sure you know) the
> product liability lawyers step in.  That's how it works here in the USA,
> again, as I'm sure you know.  It is a safe assumption for manufacturers to
> make, and if I were in the business of building battery chargers it is most
> certainly the design path I would follow.
>
> So I disagree.  It is not an assumption that we are ALL too stupid.  It is
> a solid, correct assumption that there is at least ONE person out there
> that is too stupid.
>
> SO
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 7:48 AM, Thomas O Mehrkam <tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
> > They assume we are all too stupid to use a battery charger.  I wonder if
> > it is a safety mandate?
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/15/2016 8:24 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> > > I no longer seem to be able to find "truly" manual battery chargers.
> >  I've bought two different ones advertised as "manual" and the second is
> > about to go back to the store.   Neither would output current if it can't
> > sense a minimum voltage.   To me that does not constitute "manual".
> > "Manual" to me means you plug it in and you have 12 volts at the leads.
> >  This no longer seems to be the case.  This one below was advertised as a
> > manual charger and the sticker on the top clearly indicates it won't
> charge
> > very dead batteries, power my electrolysis, act as an AC->DC transformer
> > for me or nothing.
> > >
> > > Anyone know of a good, truly manual charger that I can buy?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Spencer Yost
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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