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In article <8nh3t951uefejrg7vp8f1m1d9k92j6b7nr@4ax.com>, Eric Stevens <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz>wrote:

battery chargers may also be constant current (versus constant voltage in a power supply), depending on the type of battery it's designed to charge and they almost always have end of charge detection, typically ndv or temperature but can be a simple timer in cheaper chargers.

Eric Stevens
Those are cheap chargers. A good one should monitor the bulk charge time to determine the length of the absorption cycle before reducing output voltage for the float cycle.

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timer based are cheap. ndv/temp are not.

Eric Stevens
"ndv/temp" - have you suddenly changed the subject away from the charging of lead-acid automotive batteries?

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no.