Key issue: Battery overheats on charging
- Cause: Incorrect charger settings
- Solution: Check the charger parameters
- Cause: Poor ventilation
- Solution: Open battery cover and use fan while charging
- Cause: Shorted cells
- Solution: Identify shorted cells, replace
- Cause: Low electrolyte level (Possible loss of capacity)
- Solution: Top up with water
- Cause: Sulphated battery
- Solution: Perform desulfation routine on the battery. (Extended charges with low charge currents)
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