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Old 09-15-2017, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Rapscallion St Croix View Post
A battery minder is a float charger not a trickle charger. A trickle charger never stops charging unless you disconnect it. Result...overcharged battery. A float charger has intelligent circuitry that senses when the battery is charged and shuts itself off until it senses a need for charging.
My post above was a Par Car. 3 or 4 years old. My guess is that my charger is working like you described a trickle charger. I think it will go for days before turning on an charging but I have never been around to observe.