>TL;DR
want to charge new battery but it has no small covers to unscrew to let pressure go
car wont start, winter
battery at 11V
got battery charger
its a new battery few years old, never had to chare it before
but since september the car was only on short rides, like many 3 min rides, so no time to recharge battery I guess
so how we charged old battery before is that we unscrew 8 cover holes to let the hydrogen or whatever gases produced during the charging escape.
Current battery has no covers to remove, can I charge it? Is it taken care of?
to give the idea
this is how our old car battery looked
and before charging we would unscrew those covers you see there
you could add distillate water if level seemed low
and you could see bubles go through when charging
the new one has no covers, so I would very much liked to prevent some explosion of build up.
found instructions from exide
and seems it should all go well, no mentioning of other procedures except for typical ones
http://www.exide.info/manual.html
>>16428109
forgot pic
ok, seems that when I google
>maintenance free batteries charging
I get some articles that new batteirs are sealed and I can just charge
>>16428158
Grandpa, cars are different now, you can just charge it.
>>16428166
This, modern batteries don't require water or anything.
Just ask kit-kat, he exploded one.
>>16428095
You can still open it, but instead of the six caps it has a flat plastic cover with two small vents on the sides.
It's a bitch to remove, but it can be done, those batteries are meant to be service-free
OP here
well its charging now
started at 13:00
will see how it goes
will turn off at 14,4V
>>16428158
yes, the only difference is that you have to be more careful not to overheat it
Pretty much all batteries today are "maintenance free", aka you cant fill them with distilled water if one of the cells go low. This is usually not a problem, as modern batteries tend to use extremely little water to the point where your car would be dead before it was ever out.