[quote="pvr"]
My understanding, rightly or wrongly, was also that if you charge directly on the battery you could potentially fry circuits whilst on the charge points, you are protected.
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I think it would be dangerous to charge Non-Maintenance-free (regular lead acid) battery, if u had one ...

[quote="CondorX5"]
Have seen this question about using the charging points in the engine bay before and general consensus is that its fine to do this - its just an easier way of accessing the battery terminals, after all! <!-- s:) -->:)<!-- s:) -->
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I bought one of those that can measure ...