AE has included a charge lead, something you don't get with most other batteries of this type, and states in the owners manual that it's a charge lead. What else should they do, except to not include a charge lead, to make this any clearer? I do feel bad for the OP as I have done dumb stuff too, almost daily, and it sucks to be out hard earned money but in this case I don't see why this should be AE/Reedy's problem. READ THE OWNERS MANUAL.......