Bought this so I could charge dead batteries. Worthless purchase. Guess I should’ve read the box. So just a heads up if you go to harbor freight to save a dollar.

Haven’t got anything there in years everything t I thought I don’t use it much it should be fine I was wrong

That’s how all the new ones we’ve bought are. Probably 3 different brands. Drives me nuts. I was told it’s a safety thing because to many morons are hooking them up backwards. Even the new $40” jump pack we have won’t charge a dead battery without hitting the override.

those smart chargers are junk IMO

kinda like gas cans that are available now. EPA OSHA or any of the alphabets finds something that works well they cant stand it

The only thing i buy there is gloves and such. Never electrical

Not everything is good at HF read the reviews before buying
Now I have a few things from there that work good like the predator engines, power washers.

Take it back.

They have their place

Tools are lifetime trade in

I burnt the box. I do have the receipt. Reckon they’ll take it back?

While the charger is hooked up to the dead battery you could hook up a set of jumper cables from a running vehicle to the dead battery or charger clamps for a minute or two, just to give it enough juice for charger to kick on.

Very true. Almost all bigger ( non-trickle ) chargers are now 'smart' chargers. They will not charge a totally flat battery. It has to have a least 1-2volts to be able to accept a charge.

This is a very good hack to fool the smart chargers brain. It works , but is a PIA.

Give me an older 'dumb' charger any day.

Me too I like their gloves. I have several different thickness of them. Good product......jk

Absolutely

I ordered some new spouts off Amazon since I had a few get lost and broke. It came with 10 threaded pieces 5 each of different thread types and a drill bit rubber grommet and plastic vent piece like the old cans came with. So you can add a vent and get rid of the crap vent free spout. I don't remember the price but it was cheap for China but works.

As far as charging dead batteries. I could when I put the charger on 200amp jump start mode and run it through a few cycles of that it will start charging on 40amp mode and 8 amp. But if just trying right off it will kick on them kick off. Has to have some juice to charge on lowered settings on my newest most expensive charger I have ever bought. Let's say I'm also disappointed.

good luck finding any charger sold today that will charge a dead battery , a nearly dead battery is a different thing

it needs to have some voltage

now a trick to get them to work is you use the jump pack or jumper cables and another battery to give them a little juice then attach the charger and start it charging then once it is charging a few minutes you can probably take the jump pack or cables off the other battery.


this is to protect you from fires and such of charging shorted batteries

if you can get a click and the lights come on the charger will charge , if it is dead not even a light comes on when you turn the key it will not.

if you want one of those old 12 volt transformers called a battery charger find an old guy and offer him 100 dollars for his non smart charger , idiot protections are in place in manufacturing no store wants to sell the type that you want.

they need to be at least 25 years old in mist cases to not be "smart charge" or have the safe charge circuitry built in .

you could always throw it through their window!!
my mother in law was taking a starter back to the junkyard because it didnt fit ... old jew said no refunds... she shook the starter and said JULIUS you give me my 5 dollars or its going threw your plate glass window.... NO NO MADDIE I GET YOURE MONEY......lol she was a tough old girl.

Ebay has good old school chargers.

Lot of good ideas and iv used them all. Think NOCO GENIUS has a force charge option.

https://ezpourspout.com/product-category/spouts/

there are several Knock offs of the EZ Pour I have no idea the quality of them , the EZ-pour are good

If you find one of these at an auction or garage sale buy it