cfc999
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| posted on 16/2/12 at 05:40 PM |
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Wanted Car Battery Charger
Anyone got a spare battery charger. My Escort's not seen daylight for 6 months and I'm planning on a trip to a rolling road so I need a
top up.
Cheers
Chris
 
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chrisxr2
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| posted on 16/2/12 at 06:38 PM |
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can you not jump start it?? Failing that you can pick up a charger for about a tenner.
Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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cfc999
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| posted on 16/2/12 at 06:58 PM |
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Its nearly completely flat and a needs a fully charged battery to turn it over due to having a high compression ratio.
So I'm looking for a 12v battery charger I can plug in and leave overnight.
Anyone go one thats surpless to their requirements.
Cheers
Chris
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designer
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| posted on 16/2/12 at 07:22 PM |
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Just go and buy a cheap charger.
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cfc999
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| posted on 16/2/12 at 07:52 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by designer
Just go and buy a cheap charger.
Thanks for the advice.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 16/2/12 at 08:12 PM |
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The larger B&Q stores are a good place to buy a charger
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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whitestu
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| posted on 16/2/12 at 08:14 PM |
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If it is totally flat some of the 'intelligent' chargers like the Lidl ones won't work.
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Peteff
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| posted on 16/2/12 at 08:46 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by whitestu
If it is totally flat some of the 'intelligent' chargers like the Lidl ones won't work.
They're not that intelligent then are they  Jump start it and let it run to charge it up but if it's been flat for that long it sounds
like you will need a new battery, how can you have a car like that worth umpteen thousand pounds and not possess a battery charger ?
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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whitestu
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| posted on 16/2/12 at 09:50 PM |
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quote:
They're not that intelligent then are they Jump start it and let it run to charge it up but if it's been flat for that long it sounds like
you will need a new battery, how can you have a car like that worth umpteen thousand pounds and not possess a battery charger ?
That's why intelligent was in inverted commas.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 16/2/12 at 11:53 PM |
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If a battery has been substantial discharged it needs a long charge time at a low rate of amps.
If you try pumping in charge quickly either from a high rate boost charger or just jump starting and leaving the engine running for an hour
the charge won't last long. If you boost charge a battery the voltage at the battery terminals will appear to indicate a good state of
charge but the charge will not have spread properly through and across the plates.
After jump starting if the car is going back into storage the battery should be charged for at least 16 hours at a low rate.
Every time a battery gets discharged some damage is done which causes in a reduction of the ammount charge the battery will be able to store (ie
Amp Hours) in future. The deeper the discharge and the longer the battery is left before recharging the more damage is done.
As a rule of thumb if a battery is discharged by less than 1/3 then little damage is done to the charge capacity more than 1/3 to the damage
to the battery is more significant.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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