Am I being stupid...?

[pogweasel]

Put the battery charger on the battery of 'Er Indoors car today.

After 8 hours it's still flat as a pancake.

 

Is the charger fucked or the battery so goosed it can't do owt?

 

The charger is one of those Halfrauds jobs with no gauge on it, just a light for power, a light for charging and a light for trickle top-up... Power light on, charge light on.

 

Can't believe that after 8 hours it wouldn't have put enough in to get it at least turn over a bit.

 

If I understood how this overly complicated cheap chinese electricity measuring device worked it might be helpful...

[whitevanman]

certainly sounds FUBAR'd , lightly brush the clips together, if they sparks it's the battery, if they don't it's the charger...

[whitevanman]

certainly sounds FUBAR'd , lightly brush the clips together, if they sparks it's the battery, if they don't it's the charger...

[pogweasel]

No spark.

I'll go and throw it at the ginger kid in Halfords in the morning & demand a refund (even though I have had it about 5 years). Cheaper than a new battery.

[Lankytim]

Check the fuse first!

[pogweasel]

Check the fuse first!

I don't think that the light indicating a charging current would be illuminated if the fuse was bust

[Lankytim]

Check the fuse first!

I don't think that the light indicating a charging current would be illuminated if the fuse was bust

 

 

Errrr... oh yeah..

 

Bin the fucker.

[scaryoldcortina]

If it's an electronic type charger, it won't produce any output unless it is connected to a battery, so no spark when you connect the terminals together. They also have a rather irritating habit of refusing to start charging on a totally dead battery because there isn't any voltage to detect and start the charging cycle.

[Station]

No spark.

I'll go and throw it at the ginger kid in Halfords in the morning & demand a refund (even though I have had it about 5 years). Cheaper than a new battery.

 

I had a Halfords battery - it was 6 months old and didn't even register as having any charge. I bought a GM one from Vauxhall for 40 quid four years ago and I have never had to charge it (even using it as a test battery!).

[Vin]

If the charger is doing what it should. I would say that the battery is 'so goosed it can't do owt'

 

Me and my mates experiences are that modern batteries aren't much cop. Once you lose a full charge it is difficult to keep on it.

[Des]

I've found that a cheap electronic (but actually turns out to be pretty good) Lidl charger won't initialise with a totally flat battery. What about connecting the battery to a car with jump leads to get a bit of charge in, and try the charger again.

 

About 4 years ago I bought a TR7 that had stood for a long, long time, repaced battery and left the old goosed one sitting outside the garage over winter. Put a convential charger on it one day by mistake, and following day found it could just about manage a tiny spark, I'd just bought the Lidl charger and popped it on for a laugh, it has some pulse function that supposedly breaks up sulfation, feckin thing only worked, that battery has now been in my van that does under 100 miles per anum for over 2 years, runs the taillift as well, sits for up to 6 months at a time, needs churning over for ages to prime the carb yet always starts eventually. This shouldn't be possible. Flattening a battery does harm, leaving flat for any length of time does an awful lot of harm, left flat over winter to repeatedly freeze is definite death, only explanation is that as it was around easter time it was a proper ressurection miracle thing and the battery plates bear the face of jeebers. Praise be.

[whitevanman]

so no spark when you connect the terminals together.

 

 

Great, even my battery charger is in the shite sector

[Cavcraft]

Got a Halford's battery charger myself. I think all that happens when the battery is charged is that the light on the charger goes a different colour. If the light colour hasn't changed my money is on the battery.

[dieselnutjob]

I bet if you connected it to a good battery with jump leads and then charged both that the charger would charge.

[PatrickMcRebel]

I hate those Halfords chargers.

 

Get an Absaar

[wuvvum]

This is my battery charger.

 

 

Superb bit of kit.

[Station]

I also have the Halford's charger, it won't start unless the terminals are touching 12v (so they won't bzz if the crocodile clips touch each other). I probably should've tried another charger before I binned my battery now.

[keef]

Try a bulb across the terminals then connect the charger.

[pogweasel]

Charger was fucked.