I bring my laptop with me while I'm on the road, coupled to an inverter which is hooked up to my 115Ah deep cycle marine battery that sits on the floor of the passenger side. I haven't bothered to run wires from the car's battery to hook the inverter up.
Anyway.. I was taking the battery out of the car every night to charge, but this got too annoying.. so instead of bringing the battery to the charger, I started bringing the charger to the battery.
It's supposed to be one of those smart chargers.. However, the last couple of days.. I have noticed that when I unhook it in the morning, it says the battery isn't completely charged yet.. and is holding it at ~14.0V @ 6A.
When I disconnect and reconnect the charger, it immediately goes into float mode. I haven't really thought much about it.
When I came out thismorning, much to my horror, the battery was boiling over. Thankfully, it must have only been doing it for a few minutes, because the puddle was only like 1.5" in diameter.
I ran inside and grabbed the baking soda and a cup of water, mixed it up and poured it on.. It bubbled and fizzed.. soaked it up, and did it again.. until it wasn't bubbling anymore, and then soaked it again just for good measure.
I'm hoping I caught it soon enough, I don't see any carpet damage or discoloration yet.
I also must have gotten some on my leg, because about 20 minutes into driving.. it started stinging, lol.. I still had the baking soda in the car, so at my first stop I went into the bathroom and washed it off with more baking soda and water.
Fun times.
Anyway.. I was taking the battery out of the car every night to charge, but this got too annoying.. so instead of bringing the battery to the charger, I started bringing the charger to the battery.
It's supposed to be one of those smart chargers.. However, the last couple of days.. I have noticed that when I unhook it in the morning, it says the battery isn't completely charged yet.. and is holding it at ~14.0V @ 6A.
When I disconnect and reconnect the charger, it immediately goes into float mode. I haven't really thought much about it.
When I came out thismorning, much to my horror, the battery was boiling over. Thankfully, it must have only been doing it for a few minutes, because the puddle was only like 1.5" in diameter.
I ran inside and grabbed the baking soda and a cup of water, mixed it up and poured it on.. It bubbled and fizzed.. soaked it up, and did it again.. until it wasn't bubbling anymore, and then soaked it again just for good measure.
I'm hoping I caught it soon enough, I don't see any carpet damage or discoloration yet.
I also must have gotten some on my leg, because about 20 minutes into driving.. it started stinging, lol.. I still had the baking soda in the car, so at my first stop I went into the bathroom and washed it off with more baking soda and water.
Fun times.
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