I don't know if it any kind of official terminology, but I always
call that a "tapered", as in 'tapered off'.
Godfrey
On Sep 2, 2005, at 5:12 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote:
Thanks David!
So, now the question is: is there a word for defining the slow-rate
charging at the end of the process, as done by some microprocessor-
controlled chargers?
Dario
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Oswald"
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Subject: Re: Batteries: Trickle charge
According to Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle_charging
Trickle charging means charging a battery at the same rate as it
is self discharging, thus maintaining a full capacity battery. One
must be careful, however, that the charge rate is not more than
the self discharge, or overcharging and possible damage or leakage
may occur.
Dario Bonazza wrote:
Discussing batteries and chargers, what does trickle charge mean
exactly?
Apparently, some manufacturers (e.g. Quantum) mean a charger
function for maintaining the batteries charged after the normal
charging cycle is complete. That means that if you need the
batteries you can use them after the recharge cycle, while if you
have to store the batteries for a long time, they are kept at
full charge by the charger, which does some small charge from
time to time, just to compensate for auto-discharge. In this
case, you get 100% battery power after normal recharge and before
trickle charge, and then again 100% power at any time after
trickle charge.
The batteries are supposed to stay in the charger idefinitely.
Other manufacturers call trickle charge the last part of the
standard recharge cycle, a slower final charge where the
batteries are filled up as much as possible. In this case, you
get say 80-90% battery power after quick charge (with no trickle
charge), while you only get 100% power if you let the charger
perform the complete cycle, including the quick charge and the
trickle charge.
The batteries are supposed to stay in the charger only for their
recharge cycle (with or without trickle charge depending on the
urgence of using them).
Please enlighten me. Thanks.
Dario
