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Originally Posted by twoton
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OK,
The problem with maintainers I've seen is the battery will come up to voltage and shut off.
Then when it drops a bit, it will kick in.
After a long period of this,. the battery takes on a surface charge.
Then when it is asked to start the equipment, it is dead.
A trickle charger will over charge a battery, seen it time and time again.
Same thing in a RV with a "trickle" power supply, come spring you find a dry battery that is junk.
A maintainer will work ok if only used month to month usage.
like my ol vette, I don't use it weekly in summer, maybe once a mo. or less, in that situation a maintainer works ok.
(I don't own/use a maintainer)
Just my findings over many years.