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RattyCortina · 07-03-2021, 09:16 PM

Spotted this in Aldi today, as I've only got an old 'battery boiler' charger I thought it was worth a punt for 13 quid: Auto XS Car Battery Charger - ALDI UK

cancunia · 08-03-2021, 08:46 AM

A good spec & a 3yr warranty.

Easily more than a few pounds cheaper than elsewhere too.

geoff · 08-03-2021, 09:03 AM

If anything like the Lidl versions it will be one of your better buys.

cancunia · 08-03-2021, 11:03 AM

(08-03-2021, 09:03 AM)geoff Wrote: If anything like the Lidl versions it will be one of your better buys.

Agreed, I'm going to see if there are any in my local today.
The only downside I can see is that if you try to charge a deeply discharged 12v battery, the charger may think it's dead & refuse to charge, or may think it's a 12v battery. I have an old school, don't care charger for those circumstances.

RattyCortina · 08-03-2021, 05:33 PM

(08-03-2021, 11:03 AM)cancunia Wrote:
(08-03-2021, 09:03 AM)geoff Wrote: If anything like the Lidl versions it will be one of your better buys.

Agreed, I'm going to see if there are any in my local today.
The only downside I can see is that if you try to charge a deeply discharged 12v battery, the charger may think it's dead & refuse to charge, or may think it's a 12v battery. I have an old school, don't care charger for those circumstances.

I think this was mentioned in the reviews, but you can 'fool' it by briefly connecting a charged battery to the dead one I think it said.

cancunia · 08-03-2021, 06:04 PM

Unfortunately, there were none in my local Aldi. I'll keep my eyes open the next time they come in.

**Tomcat3** · 08-03-2021, 07:03 PM

Have a look on Aldis website Cancunia as they sell the surplus stock on there and you may be lucky bagging one.

cancunia · 14-03-2021, 08:06 PM

Went to Aldi today ... they had battery chargers ... so I now have one.
The newest version will try to recover deeply discharged batteries & has a maximum charge rate of 5 Amps. I'll keep on the lookout for a Lidl version over the next couple of weeks and do a quick compare so long as it's not too late to return the Aldi version if needed.

RattyCortina · 15-03-2021, 06:29 AM

Tried mine yesterday and it doesn't work, backlight comes up on the display and nothing else. Going to ring them today.

cancunia · 15-03-2021, 07:39 AM

(15-03-2021, 06:29 AM)RattyCortina Wrote: Tried mine yesterday and it doesn't work, backlight comes up on the display and nothing else. Going to ring them today.

That's a shame, at least it has a 3 year warranty & if you're within 60 days of buying it they'll refund.
Sorry for a daft question, but did you have it connected to a battery?

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