Re: charging a fully discharged car lead acid battery

In article <1129086586.602084.49320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
dkuhajda@xxxxxxxx <dkuhajda@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> About the only option you do not want to do is to jump start the car.
> The excessive current demands on the charging system of the car might
> cause alternator or regulator damage. Some car charging circuits have
> protection for excessive battery current draw during charge, most until
> recent model years do not.

Think every car alternator ever made will limit the current to a safe
value for it. Indeed, even early ones had voltage limiting which meant
they simply wouldn't recharge a sulphated battery with a high internal
resistance.

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