# Trying to charge car battery, but with a Chinese charger and I don't know what the heck is going on!

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**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** daihatsu\
**Created:** [June 29, 2016, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trying-to-charge-car-battery-but-with-a-chinese-charger-and-i-dont-know-what-the-heck-is-going-on/93692 "2016-06-29T12:02:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trying-to-charge-car-battery-but-with-a-chinese-charger-and-i-dont-know-what-the-heck-is-going-on/93692/21 "2016-06-30T18:57:38Z")

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> the current is a consequence of the load the battery presents, in other words one doesn't get to choose the current, only the voltage

That’s correct but the dial allows you to set the current LIMIT. This can be important for smaller batteries because you can warp the plates if you allow too much current into the battery.

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