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Submitted: Friday, Sep 01, 2006 at 10:01

CPOCK

I was looking at a 3 stage MVP Battery charger in Kmart yesterday. Variable from 2 to 15 AMP and had a maintenance mode. At $99 I thought it was a bargain. Has anyone used this brand as I have never heard of MVP, if so, would you recommend it?
Cheers,
Brad.
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AnswerID: 192132   Submitted: Friday, Sep 01, 2006 at 10:46

Member - Mike DID replied:

I bought the NVP 6 amp version, tested it and opened it up. Despite claims in the manual of using pulse charging it is in fact only a 2 stage charger - Bulk and Absorption.

It will not apply any Float Charge once approaching full charge. It also ends the Absorption stage too early.

Even though I bought it at $36 during a 25% off sale I returned it - it's poor value.

The only good value Three Stage Charger for $99 I've seen is the Jaycar MB3612 - even though it's described as two stage, it definitely works as three stage for batteries greater than 25 amp-hour.
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FollowupID: 449987   Submitted: Friday, Sep 01, 2006 at 11:36

Robin posted:

I'd go with the Jaycar unit to.

had a good play with K-Mart as they were 15% off ($85) ,but it was far to automatic and complex for my liking.
It wouldn't let you connect itself across a resistance as it first measures that there is an appropriate battery voltage there before switch on.

Thought there was another post by different Mike a few weeks ago in which his charged to to high a volts also.

Robin Miller
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FollowupID: 450001   Submitted: Friday, Sep 01, 2006 at 12:31

TerraFirma posted:

There's no doubting you Mike, thanks for the insight, you have saved the gentleman $85.00. Well done.
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AnswerID: 192230   Submitted: Friday, Sep 01, 2006 at 17:22

LastAussieWorker replied:

Kmart charger is Intec Power XT3 and rubbish
boiled my lead acid battery to death and voltage was to high for AGM
never switched to maintainence mode and my electrician next door mate said it was not 3 stage
returned it for replacement and replacement did same thing
returned for credit bought Jaycar 16amp for $189 works as described
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FollowupID: 450127   Submitted: Friday, Sep 01, 2006 at 20:32

Member - Mike DID posted:

That's exactly the overcharging problem Mike Harding had with the KMart NVP 16 amp charger.
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AnswerID: 192358   Submitted: Saturday, Sep 02, 2006 at 18:42

Derek from Affordable Batteries & Radiators replied:

Hi Cpock

Best to stay away from the K-Mart ones.

Stick to an ABR or Ctek charger.

Regards Derek.
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FollowupID: 450359   Submitted: Sunday, Sep 03, 2006 at 16:49

LastAussieWorker posted:

refuse to become a meber here due to you spamming
personally find you so offensive most would never buy from you
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FollowupID: 450374   Submitted: Sunday, Sep 03, 2006 at 18:47

Derek from Affordable Batteries & Radiators posted:

I love you too.

Have a nice life :-) Lonely as it may be.
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AnswerID: 192661   Submitted: Monday, Sep 04, 2006 at 13:30

CPOCK replied:

Thank you all for the good advice... The Jaycar MB3612 it is then..
Cheers,
Brad.
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