Battery charger - Advice please

rizla01

buglawton wrote: »

Looks suspiciously like (i.e. identical with) my La Crosse charger bought some years ago.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crosse-Intelligent-Charger-display-batteries/dp/B000GY75LM
The clones are all around £30 on Amazon so 7dayshop is a good option at £20.
My how prices have fallen. An excellent charger. But if it thinks your battery is duff it will say "Null" and refuse to charge it. While some cheaper chargers will. Maybe the battery is on the way out at that point. All in all a worthwhile investment.

I have read that if the 7dayshop digital battery charger says NULL for any battery inserted its because the battery has completely discharged and if said battery is put into a normal charger for an hour it will bring the battery back to life so that the 7dayshop charger will 'See' it and charge accordingly.

Moneyshow15

Hedgehog99 wrote: »

I've been pleased with my Maplin N04KR:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/maplin-nicd-and-nimh-aaa-aa-c-d-and-9v-pp3-universal-battery-charger-n04kr

...but some of the reviewers have had problems with theirs.
Mine's successfully charged AAA, AA, C, D & 9V.

I like the fact it tests the batteries & warns you which are duds - I had six Cs & Ds for a couple of radios & was able to identify the individual batteries failing to charge (they were fairly old by then).

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/maplin-hybrid-aaa-and-aa-compact-battery-charger-n73fk

Was the one I bought with Maplin, since 99% of my rechargeables are used in remote controls they are charged twice a year if that. That means I leave them overnight for minimum 8 hours and don't have to worry about an auto-cutoff. It depends on the OP's definition of a reasonable price, the chargers start from £2.99, my choice is £8, yours is £27 but depends if any batteries are included as a set for the higher price.

virgo17

rizla01 wrote: »

I have read that if the 7dayshop digital battery charger says NULL for any battery inserted its because the battery has completely discharged and if said battery is put into a normal charger for an hour it will bring the battery back to life so that the 7dayshop charger will 'See' it and charge accordingly.

That is all correct. It happened to me yesterday when I came to charge a couple of AA's that had run completely flat. 15 minutes in an old Ross basic charger and then they started charging fine in the 7DayShop unit.