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#1
09-01-2021, 11:45 AM
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Starting car with trickle charger attached harmful?
Can starting a car with a trickle charger on cause an issue with the electrical system or the EFI?
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#2
09-01-2021, 11:53 AM
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I do it all the time and haven't had any issues.
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09-01-2021, 11:54 AM
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#4
09-01-2021, 02:29 PM
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It can be harmful to your trickle charger once the motor starts and now there’s 14 plus volts trying to back flow into it!!
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#5
09-01-2021, 02:46 PM
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I would say that it depends. If it's a "smart" charger you're probably ok. If it's a transformer and some switches, you could burn it up.
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09-01-2021, 03:00 PM
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Not quite sorry to say!
Most Trickle chargers to this day use the Texas Instruments LM317T adjustable regulator to keep a constant 12 volts on the battery and they have no protection against being driven in reverse in a over voltage mode! Please explain your thinking as to why a older type charger with a transformer and switches would burn up?
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09-01-2021, 03:02 PM
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09-01-2021, 03:04 PM
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Should be fine with hard starting.
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09-01-2021, 03:06 PM
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09-01-2021, 03:10 PM
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Maybe my charger was a POS. Just stating from my experience.
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#11
09-01-2021, 04:18 PM
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A trickle charger wont offer up much power for cranking anyways,
If your low on battery its wise to trickle a couple days get a full battery then disconnect and start engine and let charging circuit handle it from there weather or not any damage could happen |
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#12
09-01-2021, 04:47 PM
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My current charger (No pun intended) is 2/10/50amp. Fits all situations pretty much.
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09-01-2021, 04:51 PM
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I have done it many times with no issues.
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09-01-2021, 07:53 PM
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my experience is that it is not so much the starting, but the driving off with the trickle charger still attached, is where the problems seem to arise ...
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09-01-2021, 09:34 PM
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09-02-2021, 06:05 AM
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09-03-2021, 08:42 AM
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I assume at this point, everyone that's ever been to a dragstrip has seen the car headed to the lanes with the charger bouncing along the pavement behind it, protesting heavily!
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09-03-2021, 08:50 AM
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Just to be clear here, my comment on the regular IC Chip used and how it can be harmed is not in regards to a lunch box type of transformer driven charger that typically has only a high and low current setting .
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09-03-2021, 08:54 AM
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