Quote Originally Posted by Byron J. Covey View Post

Since I don't like to charge a battery that is not in the open, i.e., out of the airplane or FWF with the cowling removed, I do not have a recommendation for connecting the (assumed 6 amp or more) Odyssey charger to a battery in the fuselage.


BJC
Darn straight. As I pointed out, there's good reason it's actually illegal by the electrical code in most places. I've had one battery explode on me outdoors (it was on my boat lift). I was just lucky I wasn't standing over it when it went. My jeans were sprayed with acid however and despite being washed fairly quickly there after ended up looking like swiss cheese. The thing was like having someone fire a gun next to my head (in fact, two of my neighbors thought that another was shooting at something...again).