Pulse charger

[Chrissie]

Can anyone tell me what the French is for "pulse charger"?  I am told this is a type of professional battery charger that will revitalise tired car and tractor batteries.

Chrissie (81)

[pachapapa]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcwdve_regenerateur-de-batteries-12-v-mega_auto

http://goo.gl/xRiC8

[Chrissie]

Great - thanks!

Chrissie (81)

[AnOther]

At the price I think I'd just buy a new battery instead [;-)]

http://www.pulsingproducts.co.uk/page12.html

Can't believe they will be cheaper in France can you ?

[pachapapa]

[quote user="AnOther"]At the price I think I'd just buy a new battery instead [;-)]

http://www.pulsingproducts.co.uk/page12.html

Can't believe they will be cheaper in France can you ?
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Conrad have a good reputation in france, their price is HT, that means Hors Taxe.

I have never heard of Andrew.

[pachapapa]

Chrissie the link I gave you is for the Professional Web Site, I thought you might have a business and able to purchase without TVA. Here is the link to the Particuliers Web Site.

http://www.conrad.fr/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchFASResultView?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=-2&searchSKU=&fh_search=MegaPulse

[sid]

I bought one of these last year : http://www.batteriemegastore.fr/products/group/?c=Chargeurs+de+Batterie&sc=CTEK

I got the lower charge model (MXS3.6) so that I could use it on my mower and motorcycle batteries as well as the car. It has a recovery mode (automatic) but I don't know if it's a "pulsing" charger. It managed to recover my mower battery which I thought was completely dead, (my normal charger wouldn't work on it), so it's saved me the cost of a mower battery so far.

CTEK claim to be OE for many prestige motor manufacturers including Porsche, Ferrari and Aston Martin.

http://www.ctekchargers.co.uk/?gclid=CKzlleDA-64CFUsMtAodymnSvw

 

 

[Chrissie]

Just to update, I went round various garden and car places yesterday and asked re getting the battery charged with a pulse charger.  In every case I was met with looks of puzzlement, changing, as I described the process, to a mixture of disbelief and condescension.  Poor woman - worse - poor English woman - she really thinks something like that exists?  Ho ho.  It's clear she really needs a new battery...........

Anyway, I got one place to just charge it and it's now working OK.  If it starts failing again I'll probably invest in a normal charger just to keep the thing ticking over until (hopefully) the tondeuse is sold along with the house.  Er....anyone want a beautiful large house in the glorious southern Tarn?........

Chrissie (81)

[AnOther]

We all get over familiar with lead acid batteries as in general they just work and for the majority separate charging is rarely if ever required.

When they do go down however domestic chargers nearly always fall short of what is required for proper and thorough recharging.

This is why attention from a professional can sometimes recover what otherwise would be a scrap battery.

http://www.batterystuff.com/kb/articles/battery-articles/battery-basics.html

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_the_lead_acid_battery

Lead acid, and most other rechargeable batteries, are like fosse septique's, look after them and they will look after you [;-)]

[pachapapa]

I have an Einhell Power Station 3500, a bit like the one in the link below but more powerful and without a compressor or inverter. Most useful in winter for a boost to a lazy battery.

http://www.rueducommerce.fr/m/ps/mpid:MP-FAC88M6583806#moid:MO-FAC88M10194420

[Bugsy]

I have several 'smart' chargers for LiPo's, NiMh, Lead-acid and AGM type batteries.

For 12volt the type you need is available from 'Norauto' and the model No is (HF-380)

12volt LA-Gel-AGM

20-120AHours

Full maintenance mode (you can leave it on permanently)

From memory about 60euros

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