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Re: Maintain your batteries over the summer break

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Originally Posted by Vikesrock View Post
Information about the charger FIRST has provided in the last few KOPs seems to suggest that it does float charge on at least the 4A and 6A settings and perhaps the 2A setting as well.
The Shumacher SC-600A manual says explicitly that the charger goes into "maintenance mode" once the battery reaches a fully charged state. It shuts off the current, then periodically checks the voltage and starts another charge cycle when the voltage has dropped below "full".
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