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Hodor

posted on 13/1/16 at 10:32 PM Reply With Quote
Lidl battery charger

On offer from tomorrow, just £14 of your hard earned

http://www.lidl.co.uk/en/our-offers-2491.htm?action=showDetail&id=30031&ar=11

[Edited on 13/1/16 by Hodor]

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SteveWalker

posted on 13/1/16 at 11:03 PM Reply With Quote
I had one similar to that and it worked well for a fair few years, but then suddenly died. The ALDI replacement, that I got last year for a similar price, has an LCD display which displays mode , state of charge and voltage.
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mark chandler

posted on 13/1/16 at 11:29 PM Reply With Quote
Mine never worked from the off so throw away
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coyoteboy

posted on 14/1/16 at 12:09 AM Reply With Quote
been using mine for about 4 years, leave it trickling out of car batteries too.






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Slimy38

posted on 14/1/16 at 08:16 AM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by mark chandler
Mine never worked from the off so throw away


You could have at least got a refund?

I keep missing out, they seem extremely popular near me, in Aldi and Lidl.

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GeoffT

posted on 14/1/16 at 09:22 AM Reply With Quote
I've had a couple of the Lidl ones for years, good reliable little trickle chargers.

The only downside I've found with them is that they won't charge a totally flat battery. If the detected voltage is below around 10v on startup it assumes a faulty or incorrect battery type and refuses to start charging.

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SJ

posted on 14/1/16 at 09:35 AM Reply With Quote
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The only downside I've found with them is that they won't charge a totally flat battery. If the detected voltage is below around 10v on startup it assumes a faulty or incorrect battery type and refuses to start charging.



Mine does the same.

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nick205

posted on 14/1/16 at 10:23 AM Reply With Quote
Not sure where my battery charger is from - probably a panic buy from Halfords.

It works OK and doesn't complain about flat batteries either






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gremlin1234

posted on 14/1/16 at 11:02 AM Reply With Quote
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The only downside I've found with them is that they won't charge a totally flat battery. If the detected voltage is below around 10v on startup it assumes a faulty or incorrect battery type and refuses to start charging.

the other annoying feature is if its disconnected from the battery or the mains, you have to press a button to start it again.

but they are good

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Johneturbo

posted on 14/1/16 at 11:45 AM Reply With Quote
Do you have to disconnect the baterry while charging like the video says?

I've got an optimate had it amost 10yrs it's been excellent but where i have the toycar and a bike i have to keep swapping the charger from one to the other during winter!

so this one might be a good alternative

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Slimy38

posted on 14/1/16 at 12:59 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Johneturbo
Do you have to disconnect the baterry while charging like the video says?



I might be wrong, but I've seen that on many chargers, and I've never had an issue. Is it a 'just in case we fry your electrics we want our ar$e covered' kind of thing?

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r1_pete

posted on 14/1/16 at 02:17 PM Reply With Quote
Thanks for the heads up Hodor, I just bought a couple, one for the car and one for the bike, got one of the £3 alternator testers too to have in the toolbox.

3 year guarantee, and contact details included, so some backup seems available, unlike a lot of the eastern rubbish on that popular auction site.

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Johneturbo

posted on 14/1/16 at 03:13 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Slimy38
quote:
Originally posted by Johneturbo
Do you have to disconnect the baterry while charging like the video says?



I might be wrong, but I've seen that on many chargers, and I've never had an issue. Is it a 'just in case we fry your electrics we want our ar$e covered' kind of thing?


Very true, i guess it does cover them if anything were fried! i know the optimate you can leave it connected as they come with a hard wired set up so you just plug it in!

will pop down to the local Lidl at the weekend see if they've got any in

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GeoffT

posted on 15/1/16 at 05:30 PM Reply With Quote
Plenty available in my local Lidl yesterday eve (Thurs 14th, Wokingham).

They seem to be a new design with an LCD display panel rather than the LED's of the previous offering. Also noticed something about a 'pulse mode' to regenerate dead batteries so maybe these can charge totally flat batteries...?

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Bluemoon

posted on 15/1/16 at 08:06 PM Reply With Quote
Good little chargers.

I have had three fail probably a batch problem (bought at same time). The failure is a faulty push switch (could not select the mode) disassemble quick squirt of contact cleaner and all is well, this was the old LED version.

The charger is a decent multi-stage one, you will pay three times the amount (or more ) for a branded one.

Dan

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britishtrident

posted on 15/1/16 at 11:33 PM Reply With Quote
Back in the early days of car electronics alternator controls used germanium transistor which were much more sensitive to voltage spikes.
However care should still be taken with cars with smart PCM controlled alternators.





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alfas

posted on 16/1/16 at 12:16 AM Reply With Quote
it works fine, as long as you dont have a battery which is heavily discharged.

i had it several times with my gel / race batteries that they had dischared below 6volt.

in that case those chargers will automatically change into the charging mode for 6Volt betteries and you cannot do anything against.

only solution...you bring up the batterie to more than 6v with an old-fashioned charger, than you use the modern charger.

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HowardB

posted on 16/1/16 at 06:53 AM Reply With Quote
I've bought one. I'll let you know how good it is. I have a range of batteries to try it on,...





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skydivepaul

posted on 17/1/16 at 12:00 PM Reply With Quote
Just picked one up so will see how it fares

Loads left at the lidl, Halton hill leeds if anyone is still wanting one





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HowardB

posted on 17/1/16 at 09:18 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by HowardB
I've bought one. I'll let you know how good it is. I have a range of batteries to try it on,...





seems to work ok..both on smaller 25AH and larger 90AH batteries. Not tried it on 6v yet.

not bad for less than £20.

Thanks for the heads up





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Hodor

posted on 17/1/16 at 10:12 PM Reply With Quote
I got mine the other day in anticipation that i would drain the battery of my MK trying to start it up this weekend, but she fired up fine. Quite happy with that. Longer it stays in the box the better.
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