[BC] Winter Survival Gear

[Craig Bowman]

its the chargers attention you are getting.  Once it senses the voltage 
and polarity ( I believe it is the polarity protection which is the real 
culprit) you can disconnect the booster battery and the charger will 
continue to work.

Craig Bowman
Bowman Engineering
Local HDTV, Inc.
989-277-8835

On 11/1/2010 3:38 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> Over the years, I've had to jump a fully discharged (but good) automotive
> battery with a fully charged battery to get the dead one's attention. Then
> an automatic charger would work.
>
> There is obviously a chemical reason for this. Any lead-acid battery
> chemists on the list??
>
>    Jeff.Johnson at rfproof.com