BATTERY CHARGER FRIED STUFF...???

[Tiwaz]

I heard on this video on youtube that the guy fried both the Smart Box and Glow Plugs with a battery charger. I did not elaborate but that has me very concerned.
Is there some type of battery charger able to do such damage...? (providing the voltage is at 24-28V of course)

 

[Coug]

If it was incorrectly hooked up, was the wrong type, or wrong voltage, then yes, it is possible to fry the start box. Typically they get fried by connecting/disconnecting the start box wiring while the batteries are still connected.

You won't fry glow plugs with a battery charger. You'd have to be seriously out of whack to do that. The glow plugs are just little heater elements, and the way they normally get killed is being operated for too long (multiple start attempts in too short of a time, or a failed control box)

If a 24V battery charger is correctly attached and there are no other issues, then extremely unlikely.

My guess is that there was something else wrong (why was he charging the batteries in the first place?) that caused the issue, and he only found out after trying to charge the batteries.

 

[TOBASH]

I heard on this video on youtube that the guy fried both the Smart Box and Glow Plugs with a battery charger. I did not elaborate but that has me very concerned.
Is there some type of battery charger able to do such damage...? (providing the voltage is at 24-28V of course)

If it was incorrectly hooked up, was the wrong type, or wrong voltage, then yes, it is possible to fry the start box. Typically they get fried by connecting/disconnecting the start box wiring while the batteries are still connected.

You won't fry glow plugs with a battery charger. You'd have to be seriously out of whack to do that. The glow plugs are just little heater elements, and the way they normally get killed is being operated for too long (multiple start attempts in too short of a time, or a failed control box)

If a 24V battery charger is correctly attached and there are no other issues, then extremely unlikely.

My guess is that there was something else wrong (why was he charging the batteries in the first place?) that caused the issue, and he only found out after trying to charge the batteries.

Coug is 100%.

If glow plugs fried then PCB/EESS box is suspect, and charger getting blamed/framed.

YouTube contains a lot of crap too.