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Does anyone have one of these chargers?
I'm having a bit of trepidation about mine because of the polarity.
New, it had red and black sheaths around the connectors to show + vs -.
Mine has been modified to fit 12v SLA batteries with the small posts... It now no longer has those sheaths.
One wire has a broken white line running it's length. _______ _______ _______
Typically this type of marking indicates positive.
Last time I hooked it up to my battery (the one that died) the battery never charged back up... It just heated up and never ran again.
The charger has the indicator light on it with the red light to indicate a reversed polarity. This did not happen on my last battery once it was dead. It is doing it now on this new battery.
Either the battery was so dead that the breaker switch inside the battery was never triggered, or the wire with the broken white line is the "negative" wire...
When I hook it up now, the wire with the marking is showing as "reversed" when on the positive terminal while it lights up yellow when on negative (meaning "charging normally")
I'm concerned that the charger may have been damaged last time I hooked up the bad battery and left it on charge for an hour, possibly making the indicator lights function improperly... Last thing I want to do is F- up my brand new battery.
Anyone have this charger? Can you verify that the marked wire is indeed negative?
I'm having a bit of trepidation about mine because of the polarity.
New, it had red and black sheaths around the connectors to show + vs -.
Mine has been modified to fit 12v SLA batteries with the small posts... It now no longer has those sheaths.
One wire has a broken white line running it's length. _______ _______ _______
Typically this type of marking indicates positive.
Last time I hooked it up to my battery (the one that died) the battery never charged back up... It just heated up and never ran again.
The charger has the indicator light on it with the red light to indicate a reversed polarity. This did not happen on my last battery once it was dead. It is doing it now on this new battery.
Either the battery was so dead that the breaker switch inside the battery was never triggered, or the wire with the broken white line is the "negative" wire...
When I hook it up now, the wire with the marking is showing as "reversed" when on the positive terminal while it lights up yellow when on negative (meaning "charging normally")
I'm concerned that the charger may have been damaged last time I hooked up the bad battery and left it on charge for an hour, possibly making the indicator lights function improperly... Last thing I want to do is F- up my brand new battery.
Anyone have this charger? Can you verify that the marked wire is indeed negative?