Teach me something here

[fishchris1]

Often we hear about how much juice can be pulled from a battery, and how fast.

But is it possible to put too much juice into a battery, too quickly ?

I have seen many vehicles on the internet with 3 or 4 big, strong alternators putting out as much as 1400 amps ! (which is ef'ng amazing !) But almost always, these same systems will have a big, fat battery system of like 6 batteries, or more... Or nowadays, a big, booming lithium bank.

 

But do individual batteries, have a max charging potential, and could one be fried, or catostrophically blown up, if one tried to shove massive amps into it too quickly ?

 

Does this ever happen, and is this ever a concern ?

[AaronT]

This is where the voltage regulator comes into play.

[Mohawk Warrior]

Pretty sure this is why people’s vape pens explode 

[AaronT]

The alts regulator shuts it off or dials it back when demand is low. While it's still putting out voltage, amperage is minimal.

[Fish Chris]

So ordinarily, this is not an issue... Thanks guys.

[Fish Chris]

3 hours ago, Mohawk Warrior said:

Pretty sure this is why people’s vape pens explode 

Well, unless its a 1400 amp vape pen  lol

[Dragonsyph]

The alts only put out as much amps is needed right?  So theoretically you can’t put to much amps into them?  Just spit ballin here.

[AaronT]

8 hours ago, Dragonsyph said:

The alts only put out as much amps is needed right?  So theoretically you can’t put to much amps into them?  Just spit ballin here.

Yes