Battery Overcharging Question

[ollieboy]

If a vehicles battery is up to capacity and the engine is running so the alternator is charging, will the battery overcharge from the constant current running into it?

Reason I ask is one of my vehicles was taken on a long trip and the battery was empty at the end (wondered why the smell of sulfur was coming through the vents all the way) I topped it up and its been fine ever since and I'm buggered if I know what caused it. Thats the only thing I can think of.

Battery was brand new a week before the trip.

Oh and theres 14.4V flowing into battery

[rage]

short in the circuit?

regulator on the buggery?

[rage]

the alternator wont overcharge the battery unless somethings broken.

my battery got overcharged and melted etc when the regulator blew on the alternator.

[ollieboy]

hmmmm

thats fuggered then. I checked the regulator and changed it over just for kicks. Well it hasn't done it since so I guess I'll just have to keep an eye on it.

Cheers