trickle charger

English

Noun

trickle charger (plural trickle chargers)

  1. A device for charging a battery slowly, using a very small current.
    • 1993, Dana Stabenow, A Fatal Thaw, →ISBN, page 6:
      She hooked the truck battery up to the trickle charger and left it.
    • 2003, Sharma, Basic Radio & Television, 2/E, →ISBN, page 49:
      A trickle charger is particularly useful for batteries which have to be kept out of use temporarily or for standby batteries which are used only in emergencies.
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