Question about 12 Volt Drip Charger for Another Battery Type

[Rob Pearson]

Greetings,

I have a Black and Decker weedwacker that takes 8 volt batteries. The
battery charger has gone out on it recently. I tried hooking it the batteries to a solar
car battery charger with an adapter kit I bought at Harbor Freight. I also
have a 12 Volt Car Battery Drip Charger. I'm using alligator clips to go to
the correct terminals, but there is also the option of going into leads that
go to the mount which fits over the batteries. The wall wart part I figure where
all the electronics is, but I may be wrong about that.

I was hoping to get some thoughts on this. I know the drip charger would
not be save to leave on for a long time.

 

[davenn]

hi there

well to offer decent help, it would help if we knew what type of batteries are in the drill
different rechargeable types have different charging requirements and plugging any
normal type of plugpack across the battery pack can kill the batteries and possibly
cause an explosion or fire. At the very least, they are likely to seriously overheat

Dave