fixerupper
Well-known Member
How many of you guys have charged a battery with a welder? My former harvest boss and I were remenicing today which gets humorous at times. We were remembering the time one of the guys on the crew tried charging the battery in the 94 chevy pickup with the portable welder claiming he had done it before. He hooked up the cables and fired up the welder not noticing the welder was turned all the way up, probably to 240 amps. Pretty soon the battery was steaming and everyone was backing away from it. Finally I came on the scene and turned the welder off. After the battery cooled the pickup started OK but the ecm was messed up. I've never seen this mentioned on this site but maybe I've forgotten about it.