Originally Posted By: tfabris
- The charger does in fact behave the way the guy said (trickle charging after topping off), but it's actually bad for the battery, not good?

No. I'm just bad at explaining things. I mean that the charger doesn't do trickle charging and only does topping up. Once the light is off you should be able to take the battery out and go use it.

Originally Posted By: tfabris
- The guy would have been right if the battery type had been NiCd, but both the battery and charger aren't the right type for that behavior, and I was correct in assuming that the charger really does shut off when the light goes out?

Yes.