Hi All following recommendations here I bought one of the 'smart car battery chargers' from Lidl last year. The first couple of times I used it it seemed fine. I've had occasion to have to recharge the car battery a couple of times during the recent weather and have had problems. I'm wondering if it's me ... or if the thing is not working properly.
Basically the unit goes back to 'idle' mode - with just the main 'standby' LED on - after a few seconds/minutes. If I press the mode button again the LEDs start advancing to the selected mode (light/ normal/heavy duty etc.), but then the unit is likely to immediately flip back to standby.
A bog standard 'dumb' charger goes into charge mode rather than top-up mode. When I last tried & failed to use the Lidl charger, I measured the battery terminal voltage beforehand at ... oh crumbs, not sure I can remember. Either 6.9V or 9.6V ;-/
If the charger is screwed and I can find the receipt I will take it back for replacement or refund under warranty, but since it seems a good unit and they ren't on sale at the moment I thought I'd check here to see if any of this sounds familiar...
Thanks J^n