On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 19:53:54 +0000, Daniel E. Best wrote:



Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

I'll start with an assumption that may be wrong, but...Assume a battery loses
50% of its charge in 3 months, and it's about 80AH. That means it loses about
.4 AH per day. So it needs about .4 amps CONTINUOUSLY to keep it charged.

Lloyd, sorry to have to point it out, but there's an error in your statement.
.4 amps continuously is .4 x 24 hours/day = 9.6 AH per day.


Oops - I stand corrected! Chalk it up to not enough coffee.

Lloyd