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Jul 7, 2017 | 03:56 PM

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Tyler Sheedy

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Wanting to know what kind of damage an overcharging alternator will cause

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Kills the battery (ies)

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Overcharging will heat up the plates in the battery and can cause them to warp and short against each other. Once that happens the cell goes weak and never recovers. If you have vent caps on the battery overcharging will also bubble the acid out of them.

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