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Re: Battery Preservation

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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis View Post
Al/Ether -

Based on our experience, the batteries seem to slowly discharge when hooked up to an unplugged KoP charger
Jon, would you be willing/able to run a simple test? Put a small resistor (1 ohm or less1) in the circuit (as shown in the attachment) and measure the voltage drop across it2 with the charger unplugged.


1 A 1-foot length of #10 gauge solid copper wire is about 0.001 ohm.

2 Make sure you measure the drop across the resistor as shown. Do not include the drop across the resistor's connection to the wires on either end.


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