01 Mar 2003, 11:51, ROBERT SAYRE (1:123/140), wrote to MATT MC_CARTHY:

Hi ROBERT.

 RS>  For a faster charge, you could put a separate charger
 RS> on the extra batteries. When the power goes OFF, so
 RS> does the charger. When the charger comes back ON, the
 RS> relay is opened again.

That WOULD be the way to go where you have frequent and extended outages. 
Where you only have outages about once per month, the resistor would likely
be good enough for that time period, and less "stuff" to have
hanging around.   :-)


     Good luck...  M.

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