Category: Cars
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Car battery chargers: what to look for when buying
A buying guide for car battery charging My top tip is to consider the features you really need – don’t get seduced by loads of features you won’t use (apart from valuable safety features). Fewer user-selectable features results in an easier user-experience, reduce risk and fewer expensive mistakes. Safety Of course safety is top of…
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Safety precautions for charging car batteries
My articles on car battery chargers like the CTEK MXS range, or the Noco Genius battery chargers have gotten quite popular. So, I thought I’d drop an article on safety precautions for charging car batteries. I’ll attach it as a link from those articles. Charging a car battery is generally safe as long as you…
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Best car charger? CTEK MXS 5.0 and Noco Genius5 tested.
Both of these chargers output 5 amps, charge all the common battery types & tick the box for restoring batteries – although the CTEK may be easier in this regard, and is usually cheaper. So is the CTEK the one to buy? Find out in this comparison…
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Review & guide: Noco Genius5 battery charger
Review & guide: The Noco Genius5 battery charger is a good bit of kit, seems too be solidly built and has enough features to meet the needs of the vast majority of drivers and car enthusiasts.
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Review: Amazing Philips Ultinon Pro9000 LED headlight bulbs
TLDR: the Philips Ultinon Pro9000 LED bulbs produce a similar (and excellent) level of brightness, colour and beam pattern as the earlier Philips Gen2 LED bulbs. Now with CANbus compatibility and a smaller and simpler bulb package the new bulbs are a heck of a lot easier to install (although still not entirely hassle free).…
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The right way to charge Car Batteries – EFB, AGM etc – CTEK MXS 5.0 or Noco
Modern batteries and modern smart chargers: From basic charging to reconditioning, stratification and sulphation During the Covid pandemic car battery chargers became far more important. And they continue to be for many people who aren’t using their car anywhere near as much as they used to. However, with the proliferation of different battery technologies, start/stop…
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Guide: Replacing the car key body / key fob (Mondeo mk5 / Fusion / Mustang)
If your key fob is starting to look old and worn, it’s fairly easy to swap the gadgetry inside over to a brand new key body. I made a video, below, that shows the process and a text summary of the steps involved can be found below it, as well as a link to the…
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Guide: Cleaning and protecting your Alloy Wheels
Right now in ‘Lockdown’ many are finding the time to do the jobs that don’t usually get done. I’ve never seen so many of my neighbours cars looking clean. So here’s my contribution to getting your wheels sparkling, as well as making sure they are easy to maintain throughout the rest of the year. This…
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Common car battery technologies
Find out how your car battery stacks up compared to other types. Make sure you understand the different characteristics, how to look after them, where they should be used and how to charge them.