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Subject:Re: Charger Drain Battery? (charger off/connected)
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:27:14 -0700

Hi Neil,

Hard to say. Need to know what charger you're using, but I can offer that
neither of my chargers draw current from the battery when unpowered.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
Bend, OR
KG6RCR

On 4/16/2009 11:23 AM neil N wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> Sorry for not searching more, but am in a hurry to beat the rush to the border.
>
> Charged the aux. battery, then left "intelligent" charger connected to
> battery overnight. Charger was off. Battery got quite low.
>
> Would a connected/off charger drain a battery?
>
> Asking as I want to make sure I don't have some other source of drain
> to track down before hitting the road this afternoon.
>
> Much thanks,
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
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