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On 12/04/2020 12:26, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
The much more expensive CTEK charger which is very similar in concept suffers the same problem. Recently fixed one. But don't know of enough of them to have any data on how long they last there. I have a CTEK - I needed a charger at one of the points Aldi/Lidl didn't have a clone. I bought it in Jan 2013. I think the CTEK has a 5 year warranty, and the switch lasted a bit longer than that :-( , I repaired the charger in late 2018 IIRC. I think people have taken the original switches apart and found tarnishing on the metal disc contact. |
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Chris Bartram wrote:
On 12/04/2020 12:26, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: The much more expensive CTEK charger which is very similar in concept suffers the same problem. Recently fixed one. But don't know of enough of them to have any data on how long they last there. I have a CTEK - I needed a charger at one of the points Aldi/Lidl didn't have a clone. I bought it in Jan 2013. I think the CTEK has a 5 year warranty, and the switch lasted a bit longer than that :-( , I repaired the charger in late 2018 IIRC. I think people have taken the original switches apart and found tarnishing on the metal disc contact. Considering that it only has to make a momentary connection its odd that just pressing it more firmly doesnt overcome the tarnishing (or whatever is increasing the resistance). Oddly, despite very good weatherproofing, there was some crud on the pcb around the switch on mine, almost as if water had got in at some time. I wonder if it happened during manufacture before the unit was fully sealed? Tim -- Please don't feed the trolls |
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, Tim+ wrote: Considering that it only has to make a momentary connection it‘s odd that just pressing it more firmly doesn‘t overcome the tarnishing (or whatever is increasing the resistance). Oddly, despite very good weatherproofing, there was some crud on the pcb around the switch on mine, almost as if water had got in at some time. I wonder if it happened during manufacture before the unit was fully sealed? The Lidl one appears to be very well sealed. Nice rubber gasket between the the case parts. To IP whatever, I'd guess. Be interesting to know if ones kept in a house have the switch last longer than one kept in an unheated etc garage. The one I have built into the Rover - one of the first models - has only had the switch changed recently. Quite a few years old and well past any warranty. And the car lives outdoors. This early one has fixing brackets built in - later ones don't. -- *Okay, who stopped the payment on my reality check? * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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