we had problems with our motor mover so got a new battery as the plates on the otherone had buckled they said we may have overcharged it. We have now got a 100amp battery and got rid of the charger we had been using the halfords automatic one. We were not sure if it was faulty . Someone on here said the c tek 5 smartcharger was good we got it and were going to put battery on charge today but it dosent have automatic on it it also lit up with 3 lights its so confusing can anyone help please .We cant afford to keep boiling baterys
I'm not familiar with the c-tek chargers, but if its a smart charger it won't overcharge your battery. It will taper its charge off as the battery becomes fully charged, then just cut in and out to keep it at max. charge.
thanks we will put it on tonight as we used the mover when we got home and are not away until end of sept. We ust dont want to have to keep bying batteries at nearly £100 a go thats why we got a decent charger .
Quote: Originally posted by wizard9956 on 10/7/2012
Have a read here C_Tek_chargers , look pretty good to me .
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Worth remembering that the Lidl charger (which comes into stock fairly regulalrly) is a CTEK model
Great little charger for about £15 - does 6 & 12 volt, glass mat batteries, cold weather charge, and has a function that is supposed to revive a completely dead battery.
Quote: Originally posted by maggie51 on 10/7/2012
... Someone on here said the c tek 5 smartcharger was good we got it and were going to put battery on charge today but it dosent have automatic on it ...
I think the someone might have been me Maggie. The C-Tek is an excellent charger and fairly automatic once connected. It can however look confusing as there are a number of lamps that indicator the current status of the charger.
Once the device is connected, use the [MODE] button to select the car icon (four lights on bottom of charger, select position 2 by repeated pressing of the button) and let the charger run. Of the eight status lamps, once lamp 4 is lit the battery is good to go. At this stage the charger enters a condition whereby it maintains a healthy charge and the last lamp will eventually become lit (lamp 8).
It's worth periodically (once a year will be fine or following a full discharge) to run a full recon program which is done by using the [MODE] button to select the RECOND setting.
Bear in mind that these chargers have a lower charge rate than the unit you've been using, so don't panic if you think the charger isn't doing anything. Connect it up and ignore it till the next day.
Quote: Originally posted by Oldfolder on 10/7/2012
Worth remembering that the Lidl charger (which comes into stock fairly regulalrly) is a CTEK model
Agree, the Lidl charger is a pretty decent little unit if you manage to get one, but I've been advised by C-Tek directly that the Lidl device isn't one of their products.
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Topic: battery help please
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