On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 02:05:39 GMT, U wrote:

Where I live, in the woods of Maine, we have power outages.

Solar panels and all that stuff is quite expensive, but old car batteries
("old" is when it doesn't get my Diesel started in subzero temps) are not.

To make things just a bit comfi it would be nice to leave it in place with a
charger attached (right now I tote the charger around when needed).

Many things will run right off the batterie(s), others might need an
inverter.

So basically I am talking about a photovoltaic system without the
photovoltaic panels, sort off.

So which chargers can I leave permanently attached to a battery?

The word 'trickle charger' or 'shore power' comes to mind. How is that
different from my old Sears charger which does me good for many years
already (but I unhook it after a day at most!).

There is a magazine called "Home Power" which deals with all sorts of
home power generation and storage issues, and enabling technology.

See the articles as well as the advertisements.

Online: http://www.homepower.com/

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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