Pete-B Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 If I have to go out and it's necessary to leave my 10ah lithium bike battery on charge, what would be considered a safe time to leave it, after it's charged, before the charger damages the battery, if in fact it does? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocro Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Most good chargers are "intelligent" and should taper the charge once the batteries are topped off. It would be wise to experiment at home rather than chance it on tour tho'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennyhb Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Sould be fine as most chargers are the intelligent type, don't think anything with a LI battery would have anything else. Same risk as leaving you van on a EHU and going out & I bet you do that, only danger is if you have a battery or charger go faulty, a big lead acid battery going bang will make a lot more mess than a small Li battery. (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 The question as alluded to above, have you got a good quality battery and charger, if so then it should be fine, if not then it needs to be treated as a bomb. Cheap and nasty lithium set ups are incredibly dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallii Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I would never leave a Lithium ion battery on charge without supervision. At least being around somewhere so that should a fire start I could do something about it. The fact is that Li-ion batteries when being charged have a history of overheating and setting on fire. Leaving the battery on charge for a few hours won't hurt it, leaving it and going off somewhere might be risky. H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennyhb Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 From another point of view if it goes bang better to be as far away as possible. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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