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xcentric
Member Since: 01 Apr 2015
Location: Shropshire, UK
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Lidl have some of their battery chargers/conditioners/trickle chargers in stock at present - they are microprocessor controlled, do 6V as well as 12V, and suit a lot of vehicles. Whilst they won't resurrect a completely dead Disco without some serious time, they will certainly keep it and anything else in good fettle over the winter. Like a cheaper version of the CTek chargers, they've had good reviews from others previously. I've just bought 3 - at £13.99 you can hardly go wrong.....
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 9th Oct 2016 11:41 am |
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lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
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Ive got two had them for a while, quite good and well worth the money, unlike a ctek when they break you wont cry!
I use them quite a bit on my old landrovers that stand for months at a time, in fact its on the D3 now.
Ignore the instruction just keep pressing the mode button until you see the icicle symbol come up as thats what you need 99 percent of the time.
Quite a few people on the series forums have them but a few reckon they wont charge a truly flat 12v battery as it thinks its a 6 volt battery!
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| 9th Oct 2016 11:47 am |
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Narpy
Member Since: 18 Jul 2011
Location: Stockport
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I had one and it wouldn't recognise the battery was connected. Took it back and got another. That one lasted 3 months then that wouldn't recognise the battery either.
Believe me, I'm 100% in favour of a bargain but those cheap Lidl chargers are sh@ on a whole new level, been there, done that, binned it. 
Seriously, avoid them like the plague. I binned mine and bought a small 3.8amp Ctek which has been faultless and always, always, without fail, sees the battery on first connect.
With chargers, you definitely get what you pay for. Mods:
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| 9th Oct 2016 1:34 pm |
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lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
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My oldest one is over 2 yrs old and the other is approx a year old as said both been fine.
Mate has a couple and his have been fine as well.
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| 9th Oct 2016 3:52 pm |
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AAA.Happy.Disco1.Fan
Member Since: 04 Nov 2010
Location: West Yorks
Posts: 2895
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Narpy wrote:I had one and it wouldn't recognise the battery was connected. Took it back and got another. That one lasted 3 months then that wouldn't recognise the battery either.
Believe me, I'm 100% in favour of a bargain but those cheap Lidl chargers are sh@ on a whole new level, been there, done that, binned it.
Seriously, avoid them like the plague. I binned mine and bought a small 3.8amp Ctek which has been faultless and always, always, without fail, sees the battery on first connect.
With chargers, you definitely get what you pay for.
Exactly my experience.
I also have a very flat battery - a premium one - so will look out for your suggested "3.8A Ctek" 
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| 9th Oct 2016 4:02 pm |
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lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
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What you had two fail on you as well!
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| 9th Oct 2016 4:21 pm |
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xcentric
Member Since: 01 Apr 2015
Location: Shropshire, UK
Posts: 1081
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It wouldn't surprise me if the innards of the Lidl one were the same as the CTek one - both made in the far east, and not that many ways to build a conditioning charger. For sure, there will be better quality control on there CTek ones, and I love mine - but moving it round a lot of batteries is a pain, so if these act as trickle chargers then they'll be fine. They do seem to be batch-specific; some batches seem pretty poor quality, it's true. However, I have the receipt, they have a 3 year guarantee, so it's not a bad risk.....
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| 9th Oct 2016 4:26 pm |
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armalites
Member Since: 17 Aug 2013
Location: Herefordshire
Posts: 1918
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I have one I bought a few years a go and it's stilling working fine. I think I will go and grab one at that price even though I already have 4 Ctek IID PRO
MSV Extreme
Nanocom One
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| 9th Oct 2016 5:00 pm |
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tcr4x4
Member Since: 24 Jan 2010
Location: England
Posts: 1526
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A friend of mine has told me he took a lidl one apart and side by side with a ctek it was identical.
Didn't see it for my own eyes though.
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| 9th Oct 2016 5:04 pm |
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AAA.Happy.Disco1.Fan
Member Since: 04 Nov 2010
Location: West Yorks
Posts: 2895
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lynalldiscovery wrote:What you had two fail on you as well!
Quote:Exactly my experience.
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| 9th Oct 2016 5:12 pm |
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AAA.Happy.Disco1.Fan
Member Since: 04 Nov 2010
Location: West Yorks
Posts: 2895
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xcentric wrote:They do seem to be batch-specific; some batches seem pretty poor quality, it's true. However, I have the receipt, they have a 3 year guarantee, so it's not a bad risk.....
That may help explain my experience since I took # 1 back to the branch from which it came, and ditto for # 2 - got my cash back.... They may both have been from the same faulty batch.
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| 9th Oct 2016 5:20 pm |
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G_Cam
Member Since: 12 Aug 2010
Location: Fife
Posts: 2061
 
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2 years on and my Lidl one is still going strong...
My original Ctek lasted under 2 years... and cost 5 x the price 1 TR6 Rusting away quietly
1 FARR UTV SOLD
1 International Harvester SOLD
7 x D3 all SOLD
2 x D4 both SOLD
1 x Mrs D4 'Panther' SOLD
1 x Outlander van SOLD
1 continual stream of car parts and me living in the garage...
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| 16th Apr 2018 7:16 am |
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Mike40
Member Since: 30 Nov 2008
Location: Newport South Wales
Posts: 796
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My Ctek MSX7 has just managed to recover a very expensive motorcycle battery that I had foolishly let get drained by the clock on the bike.
It had been flat for a couple of months as I forgot to disconnect it. 
It took a weekend of restarting the charger after each error was thrown up that it had failed the "hold charge" test. It sits quite happy now after a couple of reconditioning cycles holding a full charge and passing all the Ctek tests. Perseverance paid off in the end!
Paid for itself this week and is 2 years old now and has had quite a hard life!! 8) ------------------------------
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Xenons, Bright Pack, Climate Pack,
BAS Magic Box and Remap
ITG Air Filter
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Suzuki GSX1400, Triumph Daytona 1200, Yamaha RD500LC, Norton 850 Commando, MV Agusta 1090 Brutale, Honda Hornet 900, Honda 600 Tansalp, Matchless 750, AJS 650CSR......plus very understanding wife!
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| 16th Apr 2018 12:56 pm |
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BMS
Member Since: 06 Jul 2018
Location: Nr Swindon
Posts: 8
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The Lidl one could be interesting. Ex D3 TDV6 2.7 Nov 2004
Ex Freelander2
Ex D2 TD5
But still a LR follower
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| 9th Jul 2018 12:03 pm |
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lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
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Just checked the boxes mine came in, one dated Oct 2012 other January 2015, so I reckon they are doing quite well
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| 9th Jul 2018 8:19 pm |
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