Smart charger at Aldi

[brett84]

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thursday-16-...

Might be handy for someone leaving the car over winter

[rigga]

Have this one on my bike, very good kit.

[Colin RedGriff]

Looks like lots of interesting things on offer on that day for the home mechanic

[sascha]

brett84 said:

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thursday-16-...

Might be handy for someone leaving the car over winter

take care if you are using a *agm/gel battery, this need another charger with such *options.

[brett84]

yeah i've got an accumate for mine but thought this might be handy for people with normal batteries

[EGB]

Good one. I Have it. No need to pay £40. Cost me £17 a year ago. Reliable to date. Excellent digital read outs.

[sprevett]

Ooh I want one! Cheaply chargy uppy!,

[blitzracing]

sascha said:

brett84 said:

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thursday-16-...

Might be handy for someone leaving the car over winter

take care if you are using a *agm/gel battery, this need another charger with such *options.

You should not have any issues with a modern battery charger on a Gel' battery, the voltage control is so tight no significant gassing should occur. The trick is to cycle the charge voltage up to the point that gassing would just start (ie fully charged) then drop the voltage back for a period to allow a fraction of discharge and some sulphationg of the cells, then repeat the cycle to remove any sulphate. I cant pass comment on the Aldi chargers, but the lidl equivalent does exactly this. More to the point- why would your worry anyway when an alternator has no such nice features...

[hman]

have one of these - its excellent!

one thing - if you kill a battery dead to like 6v then youll need to parallel another good battery to it to make it charge the completely dead one as below a certain voltage it will reject the battery as too far gone.

My method has enabled me to save a few completely duff batteries - happy days, good charger for peanuts!!