Battery & Trickle Charger
#1
Battery & Trickle Charger
Due to being cheap I decided to purchase a trickle charger from Aldi, which seemed to be doing a good job until yesterday when I found its now buggered.
The consequence of which is the battery is now buggered and won’t charge.
So I need a new battery and trickle charger and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations other than what I am thinking below:
Genuine battery from Cox as there’s a sale on and purchase a Optimate trickle charger (I used to have one for a bike engined kit car)
Comments/ thoughts greatly appreciated.
The consequence of which is the battery is now buggered and won’t charge.
So I need a new battery and trickle charger and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations other than what I am thinking below:
Genuine battery from Cox as there’s a sale on and purchase a Optimate trickle charger (I used to have one for a bike engined kit car)
Comments/ thoughts greatly appreciated.
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Xernox (11-12-2017)
#3
Been using a ctek for years
Buy cheap, buy twice it seems. A ctek may revive your battery
Buy cheap, buy twice it seems. A ctek may revive your battery
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Xernox (11-12-2017)
#4
Depending on the state of the battery most chargers need to sense a voltage before they'll start charging - so if the battery is totally flat it can be resolved by giving it a jump with another 12v battery to kick the charging off. - having said that the button stopped working on my Lidl "Ultimate Speed" charger.
To recover a dead battery you really need a very low amp "dumb" charger and trickle over a couple of weeks, although my Ctek seems to do a pretty decent job despite it not being the "proper" way of de-sulphating
To recover a dead battery you really need a very low amp "dumb" charger and trickle over a couple of weeks, although my Ctek seems to do a pretty decent job despite it not being the "proper" way of de-sulphating
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Xernox (11-12-2017)
#5
Depending on the state of the battery most chargers need to sense a voltage before they'll start charging - so if the battery is totally flat it can be resolved by giving it a jump with another 12v battery to kick the charging off. - having said that the button stopped working on my Lidl "Ultimate Speed" charger.
To recover a dead battery you really need a very low amp "dumb" charger and trickle over a couple of weeks, although my Ctek seems to do a pretty decent job despite it not being the "proper" way of de-sulphating
To recover a dead battery you really need a very low amp "dumb" charger and trickle over a couple of weeks, although my Ctek seems to do a pretty decent job despite it not being the "proper" way of de-sulphating
#6
I've had a Ctek MXS 5.0 for a while, can't fault it, it also has a battery reconditioning function that can revive and save some dead batteries too.
Also works with AGM and lead acid batteries, so pretty versatile.
Also works with AGM and lead acid batteries, so pretty versatile.
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Xernox (11-12-2017)
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Xernox (11-12-2017)
#10
I have had a CTEK for many years. It has seen a lot of use. I used it at our dealership as there were always vehicles sitting unused for long periods of time, often in cold weather. I took it with me when we sold the shop and maintain some of our vehicles that see limited use, like the S2000. I find it hard to believe that it still works great after all these years. I also have a Battery Tender, and had the included harness hard wired in the NSX. It has also been bulletproof for the last 6+ years.
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