Trickle charge

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Voltage curve of a discharge and charge of a NiCd 800 mAh battery with subsequent trickle charge (time in seconds)

The trickle charge ( English "trickle charging" ) is the charge of an accumulator (battery) to compensate for its self-discharge rate to keep up with the aim of the battery in a fully charged state.

Trickle charging takes place after the battery has been charged, controlled by a charger or trickle charger suitable for the battery . For nickel-cadmium and nickel-metal hydride batteries , trickle charging should be carried out in the form of short current pulses. This process has the advantage over trickle charging with a low continuous current that the risk of dendrite formation is greatly reduced.

Individual evidence

1. ^ General Electric Company : General Electric review . General Electric Co., 1934 (Retrieved January 12, 2012).
2. ↑ George Wood Vinal: Storage batteries: a general treatise on the physics and chemistry of secondary batteries and their engineering applications . Wiley, December 1955 (accessed January 12, 2012).
3. ^ InfoWorld Media Group, Inc .: InfoWorld . InfoWorld Media Group, Inc., August 28, 1989, p. 29, ISSN  0199-6649, (accessed January 12, 2012).
4. ↑ Trickle charge and current pulse