Originally Posted by
vroomtshh
You might find as well, depending on the age, that its not the corrrect type of battery charger. Batteries used to be Ni-Cad, then Ni-mh, and now Li-po/Li-ion. And using the wrong charger on the wrong battery can result in fire and explosions.
my mate did that with a model aeroplane, charged it in his vw polo from the cig lighter.
battery went bang and was like a fire ball. firebrigade were caled, car was a burnt out write off