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Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Dave Plowman (News)"
saying something like:


Yes. The Lidl one clicks when you switch it on, so I'd guess it has a
relay and diode to prevent damage by wrong connection etc.


Also spark-on-connection prevention.


Could be - although most wouldn't connect a charger to a battery which is
already gassing.

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