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Old 10-02-2009, 04:03 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by wikityler View Post
Make note that a discharged car battery can overload the UPS charging circuit when the power is restored.
How, exactly? The UPS charger (in mine, anyway) only charged like 3 amps at 12V... I'm not sure how a battery can overload a charger, when the charger is outputting it's max power any time it's charging.
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