Well, I'm a bit confused and I'd appreciate your thoughts. I bought one of those Schumacher float chargers at WalMart the other week and it is waiting for me under the tree. Meanwhile, I have read a couple if places on these forums where the writer believes that the unit was faulty. And so, I wonder about deploying mine.

That said, is there a way to confirm the performance of the charger? That it is in fact - performing in its "float" capacity (pardon the pun)? I'd hate to cook an otherwise good battery or to slag what might be a good charger something went wrong.

In the end, is it just a leap of faith ('tis the season!) or can the average guy dazzle himself with scientific proof?

I'd love to have been able to figure out who was who at Norm's place last week. I'm sure that one or more of my respected forum colleagues were there!

Best of the season to all,
John