Faulty Charger

[Sump]

Where have all these idiotic threads suddenly come from?

[majordad]

Ok. I'll bin it. My point is it went on fire, IMHO it should never do this, not in a million years. I did nothing which would cause it to go on fire, a little shake now and then shoould not cause a fire. It's not the money, it's that there is an inherent fault in it that could burn your house down next time. I think they should recall them all.

And, yes, I'm buying a C Tek next time, though I have two other Aldi/Lidl ones and they are doing fine thanks in case you ask. My latest car deserves a C Tek though which I'll buy now.

Mods can you move this to the Aldi Food thread please as they're a much nicer and more understanding bunch of posters there.

Edited by majordad on Tuesday 2nd February 13:09

Edited by majordad on Tuesday 2nd February 13:11

[FurtiveFreddy]

Note to Majordad: Don't buy a cheap hoverboard either.

[xxChrisxx]

majordad said:

Ok. I'll bin it. My point is it went on fire, IMHO it should never do this, not in a million years. I did nothing which would cause it to go on fire, a little shake now and then shoould not cause a fire. It's not the money, it's that there is an inherent fault in it that could burn your house down next time. I think they should recall them all.
And, yes, I'm buying a C Tek next time, though I have two other Aldi/Lidl ones and they are doing fine thanks in case you ask. My latest car deserves a C Tek though which I'll buy now.
Mods can you move this to the Aldi Food thread please as they're a much nicer and more understanding bunch of posters there.

'Smoldering and Melting' and being 'on fire' are two very different things. The former would stop with unplugging it, the latter would not. It gave you plenty of warning, by tripping out for nearly a year.

How does someone amass the wealth to purchase several Porsches yet have absolutely no fking common sense?

[mcdjl]

xxChrisxx said:

majordad said:

Ok. I'll bin it. My point is it went on fire, IMHO it should never do this, not in a million years. I did nothing which would cause it to go on fire, a little shake now and then shoould not cause a fire. It's not the money, it's that there is an inherent fault in it that could burn your house down next time. I think they should recall them all.
And, yes, I'm buying a C Tek next time, though I have two other Aldi/Lidl ones and they are doing fine thanks in case you ask. My latest car deserves a C Tek though which I'll buy now.
Mods can you move this to the Aldi Food thread please as they're a much nicer and more understanding bunch of posters there.

'Smoldering and Melting' and being 'on fire' are two very different things. The former would stop with unplugging it, the latter would not. It gave you plenty of warning, by tripping out for nearly a year.

How does someone amass the wealth to purchase several Porsches yet have absolutely no fking common sense?

I've never seen a car catch fire.

[xxChrisxx]

click page 1 and read the op.

[V8A*ndy]

majordad said:

Ok. I'll bin it. My point is it went on fire, IMHO it should never do this, not in a million years. I did nothing which would cause it to go on fire, a little shake now and then shoould not cause a fire. It's not the money, it's that there is an inherent fault in it that could burn your house down next time. I think they should recall them all.

And, yes, I'm buying a C Tek next time, though I have two other Aldi/Lidl ones and they are doing fine thanks in case you ask. My latest car deserves a C Tek though which I'll buy now.

Mods can you move this to the Aldi Food thread please as they're a much nicer and more understanding bunch of posters there.

Edited by majordad on Tuesday 2nd February 13:09

Edited by majordad on Tuesday 2nd February 13:11

Just a heads up re the CTEK. You will need one with an AGM mode for the Porker.

[shep1001]

No chance of a refund. Open it up, feed the wires back through the grommet and carry on. should be fine

[majordad]

shep1001 said:

No chance of a refund. Open it up, feed the wires back through the grommet and carry on. should be fine

Opening it worked a treat. ( though I had to tap it hard with a lump hammer as it's a sealed unit ). Someone's mother on here who's son posted re her problems with white goods sent me a diagram showing how to do that.

Thanks for the info re the AGM CTek, I'll be ordering one. And for the record the car went flat after 10 days only.

[Durzel]

Being a bit pedantic but damaged electrical wires can easily smoulder, melt and even catch fire. At the point where they're damaged it doesn't matter who manufactures it.

Statistically it's probably more likely with cheap(er) stuff because of the lower quality of materials, but it's not a given.

I don't think the points that have been made have been wrong, it must've been pretty cheap relative to a CTEK. That said I think you do pay a healthy premium for CTEKs because of the name, and even more so if you chose to get a Porsche/Ferrari, etc branded one.

You would struggle with any kind of comeback with SOGA because you'd have to prove the fault you experienced was pre-existing, when the failure you've experienced could easily be caused - and is mostly likely to have been caused - by neglect. For how much time you'd waste chasing this up you'd surely be better off just writing it off. 3 years is good going really.

[tapereel]

majordad said:

Ok. I'll bin it. My point is it went on fire, IMHO it should never do this, not in a million years. I did nothing which would cause it to go on fire, a little shake now and then shoould not cause a fire. It's not the money, it's that there is an inherent fault in it that could burn your house down next time. I think they should recall them all.

And, yes, I'm buying a C Tek next time, though I have two other Aldi/Lidl ones and they are doing fine thanks in case you ask. My latest car deserves a C Tek though which I'll buy now.

Mods can you move this to the Aldi Food thread please as they're a much nicer and more understanding bunch of posters there.
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Well shaking up a piece of electrical equipment that has items moving about in it is nnot very wise. Those moving objects could very easily be moved by the shaking into a position that woudl cause a fire. Unlikely but in a million years? Yes and a lot les than that.

Here's some advice. If you pick something up that you need to plug into the mains and it has items rattling about in it....DON'T plug it in as there is a chance it could set you and your property alight.

[JacquesMesrine]

Sump said:

Where have all these idiotic threads suddenly come from?

No idea, but there's a good smattering since they got rid of a poster who used to call them out on it.

I'm amazed that someone who can afford a GT3 seems to want to use a POS charger on it. My mind is truly boggled

[Mr GrimNasty]

majordad said:

Ok. I'll bin it. My point is it went on fire, IMHO it should never do this, not in a million years.

Every electrical lead will eventually break and when the cores touch catch on fire/spark for a bit.

It's very common on irons etc. where the cable is subjected to a lot of twisting/bending at the point of attachment.

It's up to you to check the condition of flexes occasionally on all your electrical equipment - nothing lasts forever.

[tapereel]

Mr GrimNasty said:

majordad said:

Ok. I'll bin it. My point is it went on fire, IMHO it should never do this, not in a million years.

Every electrical lead will eventually break and when the cores touch catch on fire/spark for a bit.

It's very common on irons etc. where the cable is subjected to a lot of twisting/bending at the point of attachment.

It's up to you to check the condition of flexes occasionally on all your electrical equipment - nothing lasts forever.

...and don't shake stuff about to make it work then plug it in...thats fu**in' bonkers.

[majordad]

It's not a GT3, it's a GT3 RS. Aldi and Lidl have some well made, good stuff. How can you make a generalisation their stuff is st, go over and look at the food thread and you'll find the exact opposite. I would'nt park the RS in their car park though, or any car park.
Flex was fine AFAIK when I plugged it in, no sign of melting or shorting.

[tapereel]

majordad said:

It's not a GT3, it's a GT3 RS. Aldi and Lidl have some well made, good stuff. How can you make a generalisation their stuff is st, go over and look at the food thread and you'll find the exact opposite. I would'nt park the RS in their car park though, or any car park.
Flex was fine AFAIK when I plugged it in, no sign of melting or shorting.

A lot of the Aldi stuff is made in Germany, like your car.

It doesn't make it immune to breaking though, like your car.

You wouldn't squirt it round a track with your engine rattling so why plug the charger in after a good shake up? Bonkers man.

[pinchmeimdreamin]

majordad said:

It's not a GT3, it's a GT3 RS.

So it is a GT3 then ?

[daytona355]

Hilarious thread. Just buy a new one you wally!

[JacquesMesrine]

majordad said:

It's not a GT3, it's a GT3 RS. Aldi and Lidl have some well made, good stuff. How can you make a generalisation their stuff is st, go over and look at the food thread and you'll find the exact opposite. I would'nt park the RS in their car park though, or any car park.
Flex was fine AFAIK when I plugged it in, no sign of melting or shorting.

So the moral of the story is that you should buy a brand new super expensive Porsche that will subsequently rocket in value, but make sure you use a knackered cheap knock off charger on it to save £30 on it amd nearly set it amd your house on fire. Note I didn't use that godawful phrase "went on fire", which may well be Scottish, but sounds like some terrible Dubyaism.

Yep, that makes a lot of sense.

[Sump]

How I imagine the OP