[ROVERNET - UK] Battery Charging, in or out of the car

[David Read]

Here they are called "charge and maintain"
One google hit ...
http://www.jasdane.com.au/www.jasdane.com.au/electronics/charger.html

Cheers
Dave
South Oz

Slatskars wrote:
> You can also purchase a very slow charge battery maintainer from Harbor 
> freight for about $7 on sale. this will keep it up with minimal danger 
> of over charging. Great for cars that do not get driven regularly.
> 
> Slats
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Humphreys" 
> <brian_humphreys at btconnect.com>
> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 2:11 AM
> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] Battery Charging, in or out of the car
> 
> 
>> All,
>>
>> I recently had to purchase a new battery. Not because my old one was worn
>> out, but because it had been in and out of the car so many times to be
>> charged (too much sitting in the garage and not enough driving), that the
>> constant removing of the negative terminal had made the lead post turn 
>> into
>> a conical shape. As a result, tightening the negative terminal meant that
>> the terminal climbed up the post and off the top!
>>
>> Anyway, why shouldn't I charge the battery in the car and leave the 
>> positive
>> and negative terminals connected. Is this a potentially dangerous 
>> thing to
>> do, and is there any danger of damaging the modern radio/cd player that I
>> have fitted.
>>
>> For info, my new battery is of the fully sealed variety and is mounted in
>> the boot.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Brian.
>>
>>
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