My Lidl charger like this one also reports lots of false deads with discharged batteries. An easy workaround is to "bump charge" the problem battery. You just need a known good, full battery and a piece of wire. Hold each end of the wire on each of the negative terminals of the two batteries, then touch their positive terminals together, for no more than 3-4 seconds. Then stick it in the charger and it will start charging (unless it REALLY is dud). Magic. I keep an alkaline D cell handy for the job, but any AA/C/D rechargeable will do it. It will drain the donor cell a bit.
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ukez
3 Nov 161#1
My old Tronic KH980 (older version with no screen) is still going strong after years of constant daily use, so I'm going to buy another one. Thanks for the heads up OP! :sunglasses:
The old KH980 is:
6 x 330mA (AAA)
6 x 1000mA (AA)
4 x 1000mA (C or D)
2 x 60mA (9v)
Vs this version which i think is:
6 x 500 mA (AAA)
6 x 1000 mA (AA)
4 x 1000 mA (C or D)
2 x 70 mA (9v)
LCD display
1 x USB charge port.
McHotpoon
3 Nov 16#2
Look good for the money have some heat.
VincentGO
3 Nov 161#3
Got this last time from lidl. Very fast charging and it even recondition my dead battery to work again
Rimi
3 Nov 161#4
This charger is good, but batteries are crap!
siqass to Rimi
3 Nov 161#6
Are yo getting paid to troll on all lidl battery/charger threads?
Have you used any of those products? Care elaborate what alternative you found maybe even cheaper?
mat_smart
3 Nov 16#5
have a look at 7dayshop.com or co.uk the own brand batteries they sell have a much higher capacity and are very good
Rimi
3 Nov 16#7
As said; Lidl charger is pretty good value for money.
Batteries-crap. Poundland ones are far better if you after cheap ones. Used all of them- all in the bin and only Eneloops now in use. First ¬Eneloops I have bought , was in 2008 manufactured by Sanyo then, and they still goes strong today
bellboys
3 Nov 161#8
Had my Lidl battery charger for about 5 years now (similar to this and at the time the speculation was it was made by Ansmann)) and it's shown itself to be an absolute bargain. If this is as good, then it's much better than 'pretty good value for money'.
brilly
3 Nov 16#9
seems there was a problem with a batch of lidl batteries last time, have bought a couple of times and all have been fine
have a 2008 charger which still works fine (cant charge 'dead' ones until revived with dumb charger)
anyone know what other info the lcd displays or is it just the battery %?
looking at a video seems only % in 10% increments ... but seems to be able to tell % capacity within a few secs.. hmm how?
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Opening post
available in store 10th november
all individually charged
also packs of batteries £2.99
http://www.lidl.co.uk/en/our-offers-2491.htm?action=showDetail&id=38712&ar=10
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The old KH980 is:
6 x 330mA (AAA)
6 x 1000mA (AA)
4 x 1000mA (C or D)
2 x 60mA (9v)
Vs this version which i think is:
6 x 500 mA (AAA)
6 x 1000 mA (AA)
4 x 1000 mA (C or D)
2 x 70 mA (9v)
LCD display
1 x USB charge port.
Have you used any of those products? Care elaborate what alternative you found maybe even cheaper?
Batteries-crap. Poundland ones are far better if you after cheap ones. Used all of them- all in the bin and only Eneloops now in use. First ¬Eneloops I have bought , was in 2008 manufactured by Sanyo then, and they still goes strong today
have a 2008 charger which still works fine (cant charge 'dead' ones until revived with dumb charger)
anyone know what other info the lcd displays or is it just the battery %?
looking at a video seems only % in 10% increments ... but seems to be able to tell % capacity within a few secs.. hmm how?