trickle chargers??

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by M5 Powered

For those storing your car over the winter and need one, Aldi of all people will have a trickle charger on sale on Thursday for about £15 quid. Gonna get one as spare to my CTEK which is now about 10 years old.

The last one of these I got for my Farther was a re-badged CTEK - even the instruction manual was the same albeit with a different picture.

J.

Chinese replica......don't trust it, I've heard they can blow up the battery if left on.

[M5 Powered]

Hi Shimmy, is that the Lidl or Aldi one? The 'trionic' branded ones were the nightmare.

The auto xs out on Thursday is a next gen multi function version.
Am intrigued as to what this actually means and if it REALLY has any new functions, the primary being more charge phases like the CTEK. Most cheap ones (like the lower order CTEKs) only have 3 or 4.

Of course the CTEK ones are the market leader and I wouldn't trust my braille battery with anything else long-term, but these do make a cost effective reserve.

Aldi also have a chrome Torque wrench for £15 out on the same day that I'll be having a butchers at.

Kindest,

Jonathan

[M5 Powered]

Popped down to Aldi this morning re: release of the revised XS charger.
Am pleased to report it is much improved (backlit digital volt meter etc) and one new feature that makes it worth the £13.99 alone, it has a pulse recon mode for deeply discharged 12v batteries.

It can also charge 6V batteries which the CTEKS can't (unless of course you buy a specific 6v one) making it an ace 2nd / spare charger

Post pics later. I have work and cheap chocolate to chomp through :-)

Kindest,

Jonathan

[Simon]

CTEK for me too .... had my E30 M3 on trickle charge for 10 years plus, whilst not in use.
Battery still in great condition

[mattCSLnut]

Another + 1 for the CTEK. It's kept my Cecil's battery fit for the past 3 years, throughout the 6 months of the year winter hibernation
Threw it on last week for another 6 months of hibernation.

[niall1]

Originally Posted by M5 Powered

Popped down to Aldi this morning re: release of the revised XS charger.
Am pleased to report it is much improved (backlit digital volt meter etc) and one new feature that makes it worth the £13.99 alone, it has a pulse recon mode for deeply discharged 12v batteries.

It can also charge 6V batteries which the CTEKS can't (unless of course you buy a specific 6v one) making it an ace 2nd / spare charger

Post pics later. I have work and cheap chocolate to chomp through :-)

Kindest,

Jonathan

Bugger. Am looking for two and just missed this offer.. @ Leins I presume the Aldi offer is on here at the same time as the UK or might it be on it's way?
Niall

[O'Neill]

Accumate 6/12

[Bounce]

Originally Posted by niall1

Bugger. Am looking for two and just missed this offer.. @ Leins I presume the Aldi offer is on here at the same time as the UK or might it be on it's way?
Niall

Took my elderly mother shopping at the weekend and she wanted a few bits in Lidl,where I noticed they also have these chargers on offer

[O'Neill]

Originally Posted by Bounce

Took my elderly mother shopping at the weekend and she wanted a few bits in Lidl,where I noticed they also have these chargers on offer

I like your reason for being there

[Bounce]

Originally Posted by O'Neill

I like your reason for being there

Had to make up some sort of cock and bull story for being in there Barry.