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Open Roads Forum  >  Tow Vehicles  > Dual Batteriers Melted My Charger Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 2   Next Mike Mike Motorbike • View posts State Of Confusion Senior Member Joined: 10/02/2005 View Profile Offline Posted: 12/01/08 08:00pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator The Dual Batteriers in my F250 powerstroke Melted My Charger! My wife turned the motor off to order at the drive through and then it wouldn't start... I jump started it with my little truck.. When I got home I tried to put it on the charger and the charger started smoking really bad!!! I hooked it up to just one battery , Would it have made a difference if I hooked it to the ground of one and the pos of the other???? Everybody going faster than me is a "Maniac". Everybody going slower than me is a "Idiot". Don't they know I'M going the right speed.....LOL thomasinnv • View posts where ever i stop Senior Member Joined: 06/28/2008 View Profile Offline Posted: 12/01/08 08:13pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator the batteries are wired together in parallel anyway, so unless you connected the charger backwards it shouldn't matter. 2000 F-350 Extra Cab SD 4X4 7.3 PSD w/custom tuned chip 2010 Sundance 3300RLB 36' 5'er loaded w/ options Derrick, Michelle, Michaela, Riona and "Bones" (K-9 companion) We Are Currently Here my website Groover • View posts Pulaski, TN Full Member Joined: 10/17/2007 View Profile Offline Posted: 12/01/08 08:15pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Any commercial battery charger should be protected against reasonable abuse from charging very low batteries. It sounds to me like you either have a dead short in the circuit or hooked it up backwards. Judging from the fact that the truck's charging circuit is not doing the job either a dead short sounds likely. Mike Mike Motorbike • View posts State Of Confusion Senior Member Joined: 10/02/2005 View Profile Offline Posted: 12/01/08 08:25pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator It happened right away... Does that matter ??? Chuck&Gail • View posts In the Colorado Mountains Senior Member Joined: 06/16/2004 View Profile Posted: 12/01/08 08:29pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Likely a shorted battery, maybe? Chuck Wonderful Wife Lovely German Shepherd. 1999 Mercedes ML320 TV 2003 Wanderer 187TB Toybox (3620# UVW, 4800# loaded) Not yet camped in Hawaii, 2 Canada Provinces, & 2 Territories. I can't be lost because I don't care where this lovely road is going Mike Mike Motorbike • View posts State Of Confusion Senior Member Joined: 10/02/2005 View Profile Offline Posted: 12/01/08 09:01pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator It runs ok now would it run with a short? dhamblet • View posts Olympia, WA Senior Member Joined: 01/13/2005 View Profile Posted: 12/01/08 09:09pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator It would run but probably not doing your alternator and V Regulator any good. 2005 Dutchmen 35SRV, Pergo, 5th Airborne, JT Strong Arm, Kodiak Disk Brakes, Backup camera 2006 Dodge CTD RAM QC 3500 LWB 4WD, Reese 16k, Airbags, Pacbrake, Britebox, 60g aux fuel tank 04 Harley Ultra, 05 CanAM 400MAX Quad Spending my kids inheritance smkettner • View posts Southern California Senior Member Joined: 03/21/2005 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Posted: 12/01/08 09:47pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator If the batteries are good, the charger is shot. Assuming it was connected correctly, multiple low batteries should not harm it. 2001 F150 SuperCrew 2006 Keystone Springdale 249FWBHLS Mike Mike Motorbike • View posts State Of Confusion Senior Member Joined: 10/02/2005 View Profile Offline Posted: 12/01/08 09:56pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator OK I didn't plug it in to the wall yet... I tried to go to the pos and neg of one batt the it was sparking so I hooked the neg to a ground the the pos to the batt . And it went up in smoke.... Butt before I did that. I did accidentally touch the them backwards but just for a second. I'm not sure they are even low we drove it back home and it may be charged... I was just going to look at the gauge to see if it was taking a charge.. Gale Hawkins • View posts Murray, KY Senior Member Joined: 07/22/2007 View Profile Offline Posted: 12/02/08 12:19am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Chuck&Gail wrote: Likely a shorted battery, maybe? Based on the info I would tend to agree based on the sudden death story. Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 2   Next Open Roads Forum  >  Tow Vehicles  > Dual Batteriers Melted My Charger

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