CTEK MXS 5.0 Battery Charger with Automatic Temperature Compensation, Black

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According to Tony Zeal, battery expert and training manager at CTEK, external factors like temperature and the frequency of maintenance charging play a vital role in a car battery's longevity. To ensure years of optimal performance, it's essential to prioritize the best care for your battery. 💫 The MXS5 charger emits high-voltage micro pulses which remove the lead sulfate from your battery plates.

The average battery charger is like a Big Sam Allardyce team compared to CTEK’s Pep Guardiola team. The Big Sam team will get some wins through sheer, honest trying. But the Pep Guardiola team will craft, analyse, find solutions and probe its way to win after win. Apologies to non-football fans, but it’s the best analogy we could think of! The MXS 5.0 (part# 40-206) features capabilities for improved charging in all weather. It is the perfect charger for the user with multiple vehicle types and higher demand battery charging and maintenance requirements. The MXS 5.0 offers features such as a special reconditioning function that restores stratified and deeply discharged batteries, unique maintenance charging, and the charging of demanding AGM batteries (i.e. Optima). The charger is splash and dustproof, designed to protect vehicle electronics and non-sparking, reverse polarity protected, and short-circuit proof. It is delivered with a 5-year warranty. It provides an outstanding charging experience! A stratified battery cannot store voltage as well as a healthy battery can and behaves like a smaller-capacity battery. When conventionally charged – by the charger or the alternator – only the parts that are still “healthy” will be charged. So, a battery may seem fully charged but can be emptied by one start attempt. Stratification also promotes corrosion on the upper half of the plates and creates sulphation problems at the bottom. The remixing/balancing is necessary to treat an already stratified battery or to prevent severe stratification.Error LED– it it is on, in most cases the battery clamps are incorrectly attached (typically reverse polarity). Another options are the charger is not connected to a battery or the charging has been somehow interrupted in step 1,2 or 5. With fuel prices and the general cost of living increasing rapidly, many drivers are looking at ways to save money and make their budgets stretch further.

AGM or GEL batteries are not flooded, and therefore do not suffer from stratification. That means the Recond mode will not help with AGM or GEL batteries. Just one more thing: Do not mix Stratification with Sulphation problems. Sulphation affects all kinds of lead/acid batteries AND every CTEK charging program starts with a desulphation step, so you do not have to worry about that. This is an optional step that will only be engaged if you’ve selected it beforehand. It reconditions deeply discharged or old batteries, thus improving their performance.

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It’s also incredibly easy to use. Simply hook it up, and let it do its thing. Science fans rejoice because CTEK has an eight-step charging programme. This begins by cleaning the battery, before giving it a lighter charge until it’s at about 10 per cent. If the battery can accept the charge, it’ll go ahead and give it everything until it’s about 80 per cent full. Now it tapers off until it’s 99 per cent full. Temperature compensation is now also taken care of automatically. Where the previous model required manual switching into cold weather mode by the user when required, the new model now uses sophisticated internal electronics to detect ambient temperature, adjusting its charge fully automatically. This results in improved charging in extreme cold and reduces the risk of overcharging in very hot conditions.

During our test of eight modern battery chargers and conditioners for caravan leisure batteries we were also looking for a good lead length and an informative display to tell the caravan owner how much battery power remains, and whether it is in a maintenance conditioning cycle. The current battery (Topla, 72 Ah) is also showing signs of weakness. In the winter, the car nearly didn’t start on several occasions. Instead of repurchasing a new battery, I decided to buy a charger and see if I can revive the battery and make it last for a couple more years. CTEK’s MXS 5.0 can help to solve this problem! It is a smart battery charger with a reconditioning mode which can restore batteries in poor conditions or deeply discharged batteries. The charger also has a built-in temperature control which guarantees the optimal charging in all weather conditions. The device is reverse polarity-proof, spark-proof and protected against short circuit.

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Recond causes a controlled gassing that remixes the acid and equalizes the acid balance. Through that, the battery capacity is reclaimed and battery efficiency is restored, partially or almost fully, depending on how severe the problem is.Even a small drop in charge can compromise battery health, reducing its life span and making replacement necessary. Battery failure can also damage or compromise a vehicle’s electronics, which could be even more costly. If your situation requires the car battery to be charged pretty much all the time, the MXS 5.0 charger has got you covered. You can leave it connected, without concern. This results in your battery being not only charged, but healed. It maximises the future charge that the battery will take, and your battery is likely to last longer than if you’d used a more basic charger.