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1990C4S 1990C4S is offline
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Where would you expect a fire to start? At the battery? That's unlikely as there is no source of ignition.

The charging device itself might catch fire, but I think that is very unlikely.

I use a cheap $10 charger (not a chipped trickle charger) on a 'outlet timer' all winter. One hour per day. I keep the charger on the cement floor (not under the hood).

The reality is if you use a decent quality extension cord a decent charger (probably shouldn't use HF) then you should have no reason to lose sleep.

On the other hand an acquaintance of mine lost his entire house due to a 'dollar store' power bar catching fire in the night.
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