"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Tinkerer wrote:
The old Woolies one has an ammeter on the front so you can momitor it.
When the battery is flat it bangs out the full 4 amps but as the charge
level in the battery increases this drops until it is half an amp or
less.

Typical of a basic charger with no regulation. I have a similar Halfords
one which quotes 11 amps peak - whatever that means. It actually takes
longer to fully charge a battery than the 4 amp Lidl one.

I assume that is some form of what you call a maintenance charge.

No. The amount of current used when a charger is connected for a long time
- like say over winter or whatever - has to be carefully controlled. Yours
would be fine to leave on overnight just to make sure the battery was
fresh the next day.

I have to say that for a cheapo Woolies purchase it does seem to be
very good and certainly has longevity (better than Woolies in fact). --

Chargers of this type are pretty simple devices and no real reason why
they shouldn't last. However, the Lidl one is small enough to fit in a
pocket. Light in weight too.

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*I'm not as think as you drunk I am.

Thanks for the explanations. It makes very good sense.

Here is my version of your tag line that I have used for years (and lived up
to come to think of it):
"I'm not as thunk as drinkle peep I am"

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Tinkerer