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Originally Posted by boater
You are wrong about this, Ii too have a Lidl charger and it sparks when connecting/disconnecting to the battery WITHOUT being connected to the mains.
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Not having a Liddle charger I can't confirm your findings.
I do however have an old crude 24v, 12v, charger / boost starter, when connected as in the method I stated, no spark, a couple of CTEK MSX 10's and an Optimate 4 for the motorbikes, again when connecting /disconnecting to a battery, no spark.
That the Liddle does create a spark points to the charger drawing some current from the battery, for whatever the reason.
Disregarding my 30 years + old charger, the two modern ones don't !
The instructions for battery charging for both of these is as I posted above.
1) Connect battery, connect the charger to the mains, charge.
2) Battery charged, disconnect the charger from the mains, disconnect from the battery.
If you check your charger instructions it will say the same.
There should also be safety notes in the instructions
warnings about the gasses from batteries and the well known risk of them igniting violently from fire, fags, sparks, or similar source of ignition.
So why should the Liddle charger produce sparks at the battery posts, contrary to the safety warnings?
Only Liddle or the producer will know.
My post above was about the correct connection / disconnection process, issued by charger and battery makers alike to prevent the occurrence of sparks.
The Liddle charger, obviously doesn't appear to comply with their recommendations though.