Left my 510 battery Charging at Work, Should I Worry?

[luciachan]

I just got home from work and realized I left my Auto 510 battery charging there. Should I be worried? Will it automatically turn off? Or will it melt or catch fire? I don't want to burn down my bar but I really don't want to go back there to take it off charge.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

By the time you read this hopefully you will have had time to go back and sort it out, and it will be OK! While not advisable to leave batteries on a charger for a long period, I will admit I've left 510 style batteries on a charger for a couple of days (just forgot about them) without anything bad happening - the charger and batteries were fine. With 510's I believe the charging control electronics are in the battery itself and it *should* stop any charging once it's fully charged. Just like an iPod or cell phone etc.