Heads Up,Motorbike Charger

[wazza300]

Ideal for anyone laying up their bike over the winter time

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thu-22-oct/product-detail/ps/p/car-battery-charger-2/

£13.99 and 3yr warranty

Suitable for all 6V and 12V car and motorbike batteries.
■LCD display
■Trickle or permanent charging functions
■Switch between car, motorbike, cold start or 6V charging modes
■LED charging indication
■Approx. 1.91m charging cable

in store on 22nd october

 

[IC3]

Cheers, will pick it up on Thursday.

 

[ShakenNstirred]

Have one of these from last year, good charger

 

[TallPaul_S]

Anyone have the torque wrench?

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thu-22-oct/product-detail/ps/p/torque-wrench-set-2/

 

[Scythe]

Can anyone tell me the current output of these? They're usually about 0.9A but I'm after a bigger charger of around 3A to quickly charge batteries in-between track sessions (I run a total loss system).

 

[wazza300]

Google auto xs charger,it might tell you in the pdf

 

[ShakenNstirred]

Can anyone tell me the current output of these? They're usually about 0.9A but I'm after a bigger charger of around 3A to quickly charge batteries in-between track sessions (I run a total loss system).

Looking on the back of mine its 12v(0.8A to 3.8A) and 6v (0.8A)

 

[phil675]

Anyone have the torque wrench?

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thu-22-oct/product-detail/ps/p/torque-wrench-set-2/

Doesn't even give a torque range. Is it even a torque wrench?

 

[ShakenNstirred]

Doesn't even give a torque range. Is it even a torque wrench?

yes it is,
Looks the same as mine so range maybe 10-150 ft-lb

 

[Dogbreath]

Doesn't even give a torque range. Is it even a torque wrench?

The text says it's a torque wrench, and it looks exactly like a torque wrench so what else would it be?

Judging from the size of the sockets that come with it, I'm guessing it's a 1/2" drive, in which case the low end of the range will probably be closer to 20-30 lbft.

 

[.one.]

Anyone have the torque wrench?

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thu-22-oct/product-detail/ps/p/torque-wrench-set-2/

Some one bought me one a while back for the bike bless em low down way off.

I use Norbar wrenches.

 

[TallPaul_S]

I'll have a look at it in the shop, for £15 it might be ok...

 

[wazza300]

Looking on the back of mine its 12v(0.8A to 3.8A) and 6v (0.8A)

I think it might charge in stages on trickle charge and full 3.8a on full constant charging

that's how my optimate works,it recovers a flat battery or just trickle charges it

 

[.one.]

My optimate is over 15 years old and still going strong.

 

[cyclops12]

Anyone have the torque wrench?

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thu-22-oct/product-detail/ps/p/torque-wrench-set-2/

Looks the same as one I bought a few years back, it's ok for occasional use but like cheap socket sets if you're using it a lot it's worth investing a few more pennies.

 

[cyclops12]

My optimate is over 15 years old and still going strong.

Mine is 10 years old and still working fine

 

[Craig321]

Not bad, although not sure I could trust anything electrical like that for so cheap

My OptiMate is still going strong though, and it comes with a permanent battery connector, so you can plug your bike straight in at any time without having to get to the battery + the battery connector doubles up as a port which can be converted into USB or other power.

 

[wazza300]

Yeah mines very old too but still going,but costs three,four times the price of these

 

[benji182]

Not bad, although not sure I could trust anything electrical like that for so cheap

My OptiMate is still going strong though, and it comes with a permanent battery connector, so you can plug your bike straight in at any time without having to get to the battery + the battery connector doubles up as a port which can be converted into USB or other power.

Which model do you have?

 

[Craig321]

Which model do you have?

OptiMate 4