D7AKE

I know my battery is on its way out, but I wanted to give it a bit of a charge but not sure my charger works properly, can anyone tell me the voltage thats supposed to come from my charger?

Thanks in advance

Si

tabetha

Defo not over 14.4, but normally around 13.6, once charged it will reduce slightly.
The chargers currently on sale in LIDL for £15 are conditioning chargers and ace at reviving batteries, I used this on a knackered battery that was about to be thrown, as that once charged wouldn't start a 1400 petrol, after 2 days on the lidl charger, which can be left on all year round it starts the cossie easily even with tis snow and cold temps, just pissed off now all the abtteries thrown over the years!
tabetha

Harris.

Once charged if you dont use the car much get one of these, well worth the money as i have mine on the 3 door 24/7 as i dont use it much

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_165629

Dave Hewy

iTrader: (3)

Bugger that, get one of these!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SILVERLINE-12-...item2ea817ec97

Ellie

I bought the Halfords one when my altenator was playing up, just to get me about and to the garage, coz i didnt know how far the battery was going to get me, but it didnt seem to do anything at all. Made absolutely no difference on the volt guage on my dash.

tabetha

The silverline one is crap, you don't want a constant current charger, you need one that exercises the battery by cycling between drop out and reload points.
The el cheapo one by LIDL is 100% identical inside to another make with 4 letters, but not nearly the same price, the reviving features do work on most batteries, they also charge in record time, really odd considering the apparent output, but they do, the lidl can be left on 24/7 365 days a year no problem, just extend the leads to a ciggy lighter plug and plug it in that way, simple and easy then.
tabetha