Does Trickle-Charging Mode limit power draw

#1

I am looking to power a soldering iron through PD. It will pull up to 60w when in use but next to nothing idle. With my power banks I am using they keep shutting off when the iron is idle. It would be nice if I did not have to restart the power bank every time I set it down for a few seconds.

I know Trickle-Charging Mode allows the power bank to stay on for a certain amount of time under whatever low current threshold is set, but does it limit how high it can go, or does going over a certain amperage disable the trickle-charging mode?

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#2

No.

Trickle charge mode does not limit the maximum draw.

It only lowers the minimum draw to a lower threshold so smaller devices who enter trickle charge mode, and certain phones who turn on / off / on / their power , so the power keeps going.

Trickle charge mode is a fallback for such few devices, in general not needed. Trickle charge mode still turns off power eventually, if no power needs, just later than default mode.

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#3

Thank you very much, that is what I was hoping to hear.

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#4

If possible, would you be able to mark this one as solved by @professor response?

I think you can with the three dots in lower right :slightly_smiling_face:

#5

I tried to mark as solved, but when I clicked on the three dots the only thing extra that showed “delete this post” on mine and “bookmark this post” and “privately flag this post…” on the rest.

I assume I am doing something wrong or overlooking something simple.

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#6

Hey @TheSnarkyOne @ch5richards
The reason for not being able to mark as solved is this in the General category, not Q&A!

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#7

Sounds like we need a community upgrade to better hint when new threads are created. Let’s see what Monday brings. It isn’t a new member’s fault, they just want to get information. The hint section you get on a full browser is not on mobile version and there’s nil suggestion to category base on heuristics. Moderators do move from Q&A to general to stop point farming, but not the other way.

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#8

I am so sorry for steering you in the wrong direction. I had incorrectly assumed that solved function was for all topics.

I understand as to why it isn’t, so sorry I didn’t think of that before hand.

Thanks @paulstevenewing for helping me out with this.

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#9

Moderator can change to Q&A then…

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#10

Hey @TheSnarkyOne no worries.
I only commented as i did made a similar comment to yours a while back.

#11

Waiting with baited breath @professor!

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#12

Depends on the topic content and answers :wink:

Based on past experience…some bugs will be fixed but replaced by new ones (depending on features introduced) :blush:

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