will this charge drain the batteries if not hooked up to power for weeks? like my Guest charger does
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pretty sure the batteries will maintain the charge. This is my first experience with onboard chargers but my buddies normally leave theirs plugged in and hooked up most of the time, as this onboard chargers are more like trickle chargers and can be left plugged in and hooked up. Hope this helpsTerry A
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This is a charger/maintainer. Your batteries should easily hold their charge for a couple of weeks without power to the battery. Once power is restored to the MinnKota, it should bring batteries right back up to spec. Have had several chargers and this is by far the best and most effective. It even senses battery temperature and adjusts charge accordingly.
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My charger I keep hooked up to my 3 boat batteries for sometimes over a month and I have had no issues.
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I havent had any issues with the charger draining the batteries Ive left it unpluged for 6 weeks and didn't lose a volt on my guage. You might want to check to see if anything else might be draining you batteries its uncommon for a charger to do that.
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You can charge it to full with a normal lead acid battery charger, but do not keep it charging. Unplug it after the charger indicates full. The trickle/maintenance charge feature will damage the battery. But the good new is you probably won't need a charger at all. For the past six months I have only been riding (or cranking and letting it idle) once every two or three weeks and the battery stays charged. But if you can't live without a trickle charger, they offer a charger specialized for this type of battery, that won't cause any damage.
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yes. after you have charged your device with the charger you recharge the drained charger. If you have an adapter that you use for another device you can use regular outlet to re-charge
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I charge mine overnight. It doesnt register a full charge. But it seems to work for a full charge.
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As like anything else that doesn't have an auto shut-off, Yes, it will continue to use Power while charging at the same time!Always remember to turn it off!It will still charge, but, it'll take quite a bit longer with it on than off!I hope this clears things up for you.
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No once the unit is fully charged from the mains it will power any apliance & recharge via solar power how ever if the unit is drained completely it will lock down & will have to have the mains adaptor connected even if for only a second to re activate it beare in mind the solar panel trickle charges the unit & cyan take 24 hours of direct sunlight to fully recharge the unit but it will replenish its self slowly during use I find about 5% of the power out put comes from the solar panel wen used in direct sunlight but don't quote me but it is a excellent product & I can't leave with out it please not as with all rechargeable batterys the battery capacity will demimish with time if the unit is allowed to be fully drain to point of auto shut down but if left in sunlight it will recharge itself I sue mine when traveling at night & let it charge during the day hope this helps
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Yes. I would recommend you use a smart charger, like a Battery-Tender, that senses when the battery is getting charged and switches to a trickle charge, to avoid overcharging.
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If you're going to have a battery not used for months at a time then disconnect it. I don't think this charger would be good as a trickle charger. The smart charging features I think would be too aggressive for long durations even on a 2A setting. I've kept it plugged in overnight to charge it and I think it only works well for something like that because of the frequency with which it monitors the battery. I would hope a trickle charger would only need to kick on every couple of hours or even days. This thing will monitor the charge every second and can even sometimes fully cycle the battery due to glitches in the smart charger. I've put a minor drained 12v battery of 10v and it wanted to deep cycle it. You can manually bypass that. Maybe now you can see why a trickle charge wouldn't be a good idea. This is an excellent recharger for any home (an I love it for what it's meant to do) but a trickle charger no.
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NO! That is my problem with this. When the power goes off and then comes back on again the charger goes into a standby mode and will not charge. We leave home for several weeks at a time. If there should be a power interruption the charger will not keep the batteries in our cars charged which defeats the purpose of the charger. There are other chargers on the market that if the power goes off and back on again they will write resume with the charge code so you're protected. Battery Tender Plus returns to charge mode after power interruption. Hope this helps.
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The greater the battery is discharged, the longer the charger will take to restore it to full charge. The unit will automatically do this and maintain a trickle charge until disconnected.
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Black & Decker says that these batteries can be left on their chargers indefinitely without overcharging. I don't know what would happen if you used a different charger.
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Yes. The charger is a smart charger. When the battery is fully charged, it goes into a hibernation mode and will maintain the battery, without overcharging it.
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yea it will be fine to leave it plugged in and the batteries in. they are lithium ion type batteries the same kind in laptops and cell phones. so they will charge up then the charger will just keep them charged till your ready to use them, i dont know about long term though like over a week or two probably wouldnt be great for them.
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It seems to. I leave it charging overnight and to my knowledge nothing wrong happens. What I don't like is the charger remains warm, maybe 100-110 deg F, when it is disconnected from the battery , but still plugged into the wall outlet.
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I refresh at every charge. All it does is drain the battery all the way before it charges. And that is the best way to make batteries last. But there's nothing wrong with just charging up if you need them quickly
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I bought a trickle charger that automatically shuts off when fully charged so as not to overheat the battery. I never paid attention to how long it takes, but would recommend investing in such a charger to save the battery. The charger can be used for other batteries as well.
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Probably not. I have not tested it that way but I left mine unplugged, did not use it for 4 days and it was almost dead when I tried to use it. However it does recharge really fast. I plugged it in and an hour later it seem to have a full charge. I use this little device daily so I just leave it plugged in. Maybe just plug it in an hour before you need it and use it that way.