Lidl Ultimate Speed Battery Charger and AGM battery question

[Lordbenny]

I purchased an Ultimate Speed charger/trickle charger from Lidl for £12:99 recently (cheap C-Tek clone) . I have an Odessey 680 race car battery. Is anyone else trickle charging their Odessey 680 or equivalent AGM battery with this charger? Any issues?

[CABC]

i think the problem is that the life of your agm could be shortened with standard trickle charging, not that users will report back "it failed". so the Lidl charger might be a false economy.

[Scrump]

Not me. I use my ctek with a specific AGM setting for my AGM batteries. My Lidl charger is just used on my cars with lead acid batteries.

[Lordbenny]

The Ultimate Speed charger does have an AMG trickle mode. I wouldn’t use a normal charger on it.

[Lordbenny]

Scrump said:

Not me. I use my ctek with a specific AGM setting for my AGM batteries. My Lidl charger is just used on my cars with lead acid batteries.

Has your Lidl charger got an AMG trickle mode?

[Penelope Stopit]

Looks good if it's this one

Manual Here

https://wikilidl.com/2020/10/31/ultimate-speed-veh...


Posted on October 31, 2020 by Wikilidl
Ultimate Speed Vehicle Battery Charger ULGD 10 A1

KFZ-BATTERIELADEGERÄT ULGD 10 A1 VEHICLE BATTERY CHARGER ULGD 10 A1 CHARGEUR DE BATTERIE POUR VOITURE ULGD 10 A1
Manual

IAN: 329536

Features
Vehicle Battery Charger ULGD 10 A1
Intelligent microprocessor control with diagnostics program and fully automatic charging process
For all batteries with 12V or 24V and 20–300Ah capacity

Package contents
1 Vehicle battery charger
1 Operating instructions
1 Connecting cable with clamps
1 Connecting cable with loops

Equipment
To do this see Fig. A, B:
After unpacking the product, please
check that all of the package contents are present and that the battery
charger is in perfect condition. Do
not use the device if it is defective.

1 Vehicle battery charger
2 24V 24 V mode (Program 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10)
3 12V, 12V mode (Program 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9)
4 Charging current 5 A
(in 12 V mode) Charging current 2.5 A
(in 24 V mode) 5 Charging current 10 A
(in 12 V mode) Charging current 5 A
(in 24 V mode) Introduction
6 Winter – AGM – Mode (Program 2, 4, 6 and 8)
7 Supply program (Program 9 and 10)
8 Program selector button
9 Charging display
10 Status display
11 Voltage display
12 Mains cable
13 Red loop (positive pole)
14 Black loop (negative pole)
15 Output cable with plug
16 Cover cap connecting cable with loops
17 Connecting cable with loops
18 Connecting cable with clamps
19 Positive pole connection terminal (red)
20 Cover cap for connecting cable with clamps
21 Negative pole connection terminal (black)

Technical specifications
Model: ULGD 10 A1
Rated voltage: 220–240 V~
50 Hz – 60 Hz
Rated intake
current: 2.0 A
Rated output DC voltage:
12 V /24 V
Rated output direct current at 12 V:
10.0 A / 5.0 A
Rated output direct currentat 24 V:
5.0 A / 2.5 A
Ambient temperature: -20 °C to 50 °C
Housing protection type: IP 54
Appliance class: II
(dual insulation)
Battery types:
12 V lead acid battery 20 Ah -300 Ah
24 V lead acid battery 20 Ah -150 Ah

[Lordbenny]

Penelope Stopit said:

Looks good if it's this one

Manual Here

https://wikilidl.com/2020/10/31/ultimate-speed-veh...


Posted on October 31, 2020 by Wikilidl
Ultimate Speed Vehicle Battery Charger ULGD 10 A1

KFZ-BATTERIELADEGERÄT ULGD 10 A1 VEHICLE BATTERY CHARGER ULGD 10 A1 CHARGEUR DE BATTERIE POUR VOITURE ULGD 10 A1
Manual

IAN: 329536

Features
Vehicle Battery Charger ULGD 10 A1
Intelligent microprocessor control with diagnostics program and fully automatic charging process
For all batteries with 12V or 24V and 20–300Ah capacity

Package contents
1 Vehicle battery charger
1 Operating instructions
1 Connecting cable with clamps
1 Connecting cable with loops

Equipment
To do this see Fig. A, B:
After unpacking the product, please
check that all of the package contents are present and that the battery
charger is in perfect condition. Do
not use the device if it is defective.

1 Vehicle battery charger
2 24V 24 V mode (Program 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10)
3 12V, 12V mode (Program 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9)
4 Charging current 5 A
(in 12 V mode) Charging current 2.5 A
(in 24 V mode) 5 Charging current 10 A
(in 12 V mode) Charging current 5 A
(in 24 V mode) Introduction
6 Winter – AGM – Mode (Program 2, 4, 6 and 8)
7 Supply program (Program 9 and 10)
8 Program selector button
9 Charging display
10 Status display
11 Voltage display
12 Mains cable
13 Red loop (positive pole)
14 Black loop (negative pole)
15 Output cable with plug
16 Cover cap connecting cable with loops
17 Connecting cable with loops
18 Connecting cable with clamps
19 Positive pole connection terminal (red)
20 Cover cap for connecting cable with clamps
21 Negative pole connection terminal (black)

Technical specifications
Model: ULGD 10 A1
Rated voltage: 220–240 V~
50 Hz – 60 Hz
Rated intake
current: 2.0 A
Rated output DC voltage:
12 V /24 V
Rated output direct current at 12 V:
10.0 A / 5.0 A
Rated output direct currentat 24 V:
5.0 A / 2.5 A
Ambient temperature: -20 °C to 50 °C
Housing protection type: IP 54
Appliance class: II
(dual insulation)
Battery types:
12 V lead acid battery 20 Ah -300 Ah
24 V lead acid battery 20 Ah -150 Ah

That’s pretty much it, just a different colour....mine’s red.

Just wondered if there’s anyone on PH that has been using one on trickle charge on their AMG battery that has had issues.

[Penelope Stopit]

Reviews

https://www.clubmotorhome.co.uk/articles/reviews/a...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1JIDYBmP7k

[Scrump]

Lordbenny said:

Scrump said:

Not me. I use my ctek with a specific AGM setting for my AGM batteries. My Lidl charger is just used on my cars with lead acid batteries.

Has your Lidl charger got an AMG trickle mode?

No, neither AGM nor AMG mode .
My Lidl charger is a couple of years old (grey top, blue base) and it only has motorbike, car and winter modes.
I see from above that the winter mode may be suitable for AGM batteries, I have not heard this before but will stick to using my ctek on AGM batteries as it has a specific AGM mode.

[Penelope Stopit]

Scrump said:

No, neither AGM nor AMG mode .
My Lidl charger is a couple of years old (grey top, blue base) and it only has motorbike, car and winter modes.
I see from above that the winter mode may be suitable for AGM batteries, I have not heard this before but will stick to using my ctek on AGM batteries as it has a specific AGM mode.

Hadn't noticed that. Winter mode looks a touch suspicious doesn't it, mean to say where is spring and summer mode

[MGDavid]

I bought a Halfords charger recently for my mother's car that has not been used properly since the start of lockdown 1. It has a battery maintenance function as well as normal charging but it says on the back not for use with stop start or AGM batteries.

She has a normal lead acid battery and the car predates stop start so that is not a problem. Can anyone explain what the issue is with stop start and AGM batteries? I do know that when I replaced the battery on my daughter's car, which has stop start, the battery was more expensive because of that.

[Pit Pony]

Penelope Stopit said:

Scrump said:

No, neither AGM nor AMG mode .
My Lidl charger is a couple of years old (grey top, blue base) and it only has motorbike, car and winter modes.
I see from above that the winter mode may be suitable for AGM batteries, I have not heard this before but will stick to using my ctek on AGM batteries as it has a specific AGM mode.

Hadn't noticed that. Winter mode looks a touch suspicious doesn't it, mean to say where is spring and summer mode

I've got one of those. Can't fault it on lead acid batteries. I've never used the winter mode. I think it's if the temp is less than 5 Deg C or something.