12 amp smartchargers $89 Aldi.

[rayke1938]

Was just down at local Aldi and they have 12 amp 3 stage smartchargrs for $89 suitable for gel cell, sla and normal batteries and also have a 12c cigarette socket that you can run your 12v appliances off. At least half the price you will pay for similar chargers.

On sale till wednesday night . They have about 12 left at victoria point.

Cheers

Ray

[Whiskers]

Damn I just spent $120 on one from bias a month ago

[bootyinblue]

Anyone bought one of these previously or today and wants to vouch for them?

I need one, so just 1 nod of the head will see me there tomorrow buying one!

[Feral]

Booty, at that price, I'd be taking the risk. Less than half the price of what you would pay at a specalist battery place for a 2 stage one that is crap anyway (speaking from experience!).

[bootyinblue]

Done and sold... will report back :-)

[rayke1938]

I got one as a spare works ok.

Cheers

Ray

[bootyinblue]

Obviously I live in the 'cheaper rents' part of town as they do not go on sale at my local Aldi till Thursday. I guess what doesnt sell in the toff suburbs gets dumped out here to be offloaded...LOL

Stil getting one though!

[bootyinblue]

Well I went to my local Aldi yesterday as per above information and told they have not had them in stock for last weeks, this weeks, or nest weeks catalogue....

Boohoo... perhaps it was just that store, but seems strange :-(

[Feral]

My local didn't have them either. But then again I dont really need another charger!

[Davo_Dinkum]

bootyinblue wrote:

Well I went to my local Aldi yesterday as per above information and told they have not had them in stock for last weeks, this weeks, or nest weeks catalogue....

Boohoo... perhaps it was just that store, but seems strange :-(

i make them ring all the other aldi's ,till the find 1 for me .

the aldi's i go to are cooper plains ,oxley,booval,yamanto.

they all 20 km or less from me and usually one of the 4 has ,the item still in stock.

same with recpo ,super cheap etc ,if there a product in the catalog i want and they have sold out it's either find it in another close store or make them get it from the other store and i go there tomorrow to get it .

[Gazza]

I went to the Ipswich Aldi this morning looking for the binoculars that were spose to be on sale none of them either

Gaz

[bootyinblue]

Ok I am still on the lookout for a battery charger thing. Question from a complete noob in this stuff, is more amps better, as in 2.5amps, 3.5amps, 6amps.

I need it to charge deep cycle boat batteries and also my Waeco battery back thing.

What should I buy?

[big al]

bootyinblue wrote:

Ok I am still on the lookout for a battery charger thing. Question from a complete noob in this stuff, is more amps better, as in 2.5amps, 3.5amps, 6amps.

I need it to charge deep cycle boat batteries and also my Waeco battery back thing.

What should I buy?

booty we just use a ordinary old charger and seems to charge our deepcycle battrie ok al

[rayke1938]

Are any of your batteries agm or gell cell if so for longer battery life you need a 3 or 4 stage charger.

As for capacity I personally wouldnt bother with anything under 10 amp capacity.

A completely discharged 100 a/h battery that is completely discharged in theory will take 10 hours to recharge at the 10 amps. So if you need to be able to recharge overnight you need a 10 amp charger.

Most of the older unregulated chargers kick out too high a voltage for the AGM and gell cell batteries and damages the plates.

Cheers

Ray

[shortie]

bootyinblue wrote:

Ok I am still on the lookout for a battery charger thing. Question from a complete noob in this stuff, is more amps better, as in 2.5amps, 3.5amps, 6amps.

I need it to charge deep cycle boat batteries and also my Waeco battery back thing.

What should I buy?

Booty i suggest a DEW battery charger or a ctek.

Both good brand not cheap, but worth it ive had both and recommend both.

richard.

[kriso]

yeah i like the ctek's we had one at work (someone thought they needed it more then the workshop) cant remeber what they replaced it with but it was crap compared to the ctek

[bootyinblue]

No worries... food for thought there!

The waeco battery is an AGM so was looking for chargers that do them. Not fussed on time as my boat battery has not moved for 2 months.... booo hissssss!!

More just about conditioning the batteries for longevity. Sheesh, I might even hook myself up at night ;-)

[Davo_Dinkum]

since u going to charge a agm .

worth getting the better charger .

me i just charge normal and deep cycle battery's

all lead acid type ,so i just used 2 amp or 6 amp trickle charger and 12 to 24 hrs on average .

i'm going past adli Salisbury tomorrow ,want me to stop and see if there are any chargers there ?