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    Did I ruin battery by charging too-high setting?

    I set the charger on the highest setting and left overnight this morning steam coming out of the battery case nast smell is battery trashed now bcs of that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 93catt View Post
    I set the charger on the highest setting and left overnight this morning steam coming out of the battery case nast smell is battery trashed now bcs of that?

    Probably, if you have managed to boil the electrolyte there probably isn't much left.

 

 

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