

| Subject: | Little problem with trickle charger |
| From: | Jim Felder |
| Date: | Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:35:26 -0600 |
About a month ago, I mated a trickle charger with a cig lighter plug so I could plug up the westy electrical socket to a power source, plug the trickle charger in to the interior 110v socket, and plug the cig lighter plug into the receptacle on the bulkhead under the seat. No muss, no fuss, but not quite permanently wired in. That turned out to be a good thing, as I noticed on a recent camping trip that even with the charger unplugged from the interior 110 receptacle, the LED light on the charger glowed when the setup was plugged into the cig lighter socket. That means that the battery was feeding the charger. Is there any significant current loss going backward through the charger? Is it just running the LED, or is it running down my battery? I presume the proper diode in the proper place would stop this. Can anyone describe what I should to do modify? Jim
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