What Will Happen If I Hook An 12 Volt Battery To A 24 Volt Charger

Posted in Car Batteries | Asked on Jun 6, 2010

Its half the size of a car battery

There are 5 Answers for "What Will Happen If I Hook An 12 Volt Battery To A 24 Volt Charger"

  1. Live to ride says:

    BOOM !!!!

  2. ken k says:

    poof the magic battery disappears/ you could get hurt or killed dont do it

  3. mustanger says:

    Smoke, smoke,smoke that battery, to paraphrase the old smoking song.

  4. jtexas says:

    the battery will get hot, very hot. The electrolyte will most likely boil. the water will boil out of it but not the sulphuric acid.

    If you’re lucky, very lucky, it won’t explode, blowing the case apart, sending lead fragments and sulphuric acid everywhere.

    Or melt the case, allowing the sulphuric acid to run out, destroying everything in its path.

    Ever get battery acid on your clothes? It’s eats through blue jeans very fast (don’t ask me how I know). Ever get it on your skin? Talk about pain!

    Baking soda neutralizes battery acid.

  5. 45 auto says:

    Most chargers will shut down but if not the acid will boil out and the battery will be damaged.