Meaning of trickle charge | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Keeping a battery fully charged by charging it at a rate equal to its self-discharge rate.
2. Charging a battery slowly, or by using a significantly smaller current than the battery is able to accept.

Examples

“GWR plans to use⟳ it on the Greenford branch in west London, making use⟳ of a fast charger at West Ealing that will charge the batteries in just three and a half minutes. This fast charger is essentially a battery installed at the lineside which is trickle-charged from the electricity grid. It can then discharge quickly into the train's batteries through charging rails and then start⟳ recharging itself while the train⟳ is running in service.”

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