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- From: tcora@pica.army.mil (Tom Coradeschi)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: trickle charger recommendations?
- Message-ID: <tcora-210193142814@b329-gator-1.pica.army.mil>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 19:38:58 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.115610.21617@netcom.com>
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- In article <1993Jan21.115610.21617@netcom.com>, rhcohen@netcom.com (Robert
- Cohen) wrote:
- >
- >
- > I have had lots of trouble overcharging my bike battery using the small
- > transformer units. I'm looking for a charger which can trickle-charge
- > for weeks at a time, keeping the battery fully charged, but not over-
- > charging it.
-
- Another route you might wish to try, since you've already got a charger, is
- to simply put a timer on the thing. One of those cheapo plug-in units is
- what I've got on mine (the kind with pins to turn power on and off). I've
- had it running for a week now, with the timer set for the shortest interval
- it can handle, which looks to be about 1/2 hour a day. I ETDA'd my battery,
- charged it and set this sucker up last week. So far it seems to be holding.
- The timer ought to be lots cheaper than another charger (like 10 bux at
- home despot).
-
- tom coradeschi <+> tcora@pica.army.mil
-