At 01:34 PM 12/16/97 -0800, Mark McCulley wrote: >>(2) Referring to >>http://www.vanagon.com/info/vehicles/beethoven/electrical.html I'm a bit >>confused as to the purpose of "Getting a charge" procedure. Does the >>trickle charger simply monitor the secondary battery's charge? >Trickle chargers charge a battery very slowly over a long period of time. >They are really designed to be used to maintain batteries in a charged state >when they aren't being used. The one shown on the above-mentioned web page charges the battery at a rate of 1 amp/hour. Since the Propex heater draws 1.5 amps/hour, this is sufficient to keep the battery in a charged state (since the fan on the heater doesn't run continuously.) Ron -- /\_/\ ____ Ron 'Coyote' Lussier ( ) \ _/__ LikeMinds (415) 284-6972 \ / \X / Every Individual a Market \_/ \/ http://www.likeminds.com/ |
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