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Re: Pulse chargers / parasitic voltage loss

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Subject: Re: Pulse chargers / parasitic voltage loss
From: "PJ McGarvey" <pj_mcgarvey@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:28:04 -0500
>Did you mean to say  "After talking to Pulsetech, they explained that 
>parasitic current drain
>might make keeping the battery fully charged impossible"?

Yes

>If your battery goes dead after a week of non-driving, you have a serious 
>current drain somewhere.  You should
>get a meter that measures current, and track it down.  It should be quick 
>to find by pulling fuses, without
>having to sit around and wait to see how long the battery takes to go dead. 
>  You would
>disconnect a battery cable and connect the meter between the cable and the 
>battery terminal.

Well, I haven't charged/discharged it that much, but it is the reason I 
bought the maintainer, in case it had been somewhat "damaged" or at least 
"degraded".

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll try some of them.

PJ




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