At 01:34 PM 12/16/97 -0800, Mark McCulley wrote:
>>(2) Referring to
>>http://www.vanagon.com/info/vehicles/beethoven/electrical.html I'm a bit
>>confused as to the purpose of "Getting a charge" procedure. Does the
>>trickle charger simply monitor the secondary battery's charge?
>Trickle chargers charge a battery very slowly over a long period of time.
>They are really designed to be used to maintain batteries in a charged
state
>when they aren't being used.

The one shown on the above-mentioned web page charges the battery at a
rate of 1 amp/hour.  Since the Propex heater draws 1.5 amps/hour, this is
sufficient to keep the battery in a charged state (since the fan on the
heater doesn't run continuously.)

Ron

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