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Date:         Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:35:23 -0700
Reply-To:     Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Trickle Chargers
In-Reply-To:  <fa0982d70807251152u5fcd2af1l80c75c04a9f2fd2d@mail.gmail.com>
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 RE: Trickle chargers or Battery Maintainers
The small (5 amp or less) battery maintainers or trickle chargers are meant
to keep a battery topped off when NOT inuse, not load on the battery.  Like
in the garage for the winter.  They will not charge a bettery that is down
or has a working load on it.  I've tried to use one to maintain an aux
battery (working battery) and got zero increase in the charge on the battery
after a couple of hours.  So if you have your rig parked for extended
periods of time and also have access to shore power, fine.  But for a rig in
use, with loads on the aux battery, go with something larger.
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