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Originally Posted by big t
Thanks, i will try these things and report back. I thought an optimate trickle charger was meant to keep your battery in good condition?? if not, whats the point? thanks again: T
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You wont be the first to have made that assumption incorrectly. It is true that a bike trickle charger wont damage the battery while charging (i.e. cook it) but once the battery has charged; if the charger does not automatically cease, even a trickle charge, will degrade the battery performance over time. A number of people have come to grief over winter storage and trickle chargers.
I use lead acid batteries to cycle charge Li-ion, NiCd and NiMH batteries for RC. The care of the lead acid batteries has actually proved more difficult over their lifespan.
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