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Black & Decker VEC1087CBD Smart Battery 10/6/2 Amp Battery Charger


Black & Decker VEC1087CBD Smart Battery 10/6/2 Amp Battery Charger

  • Spark-resistant design for added safety
  • Reverse hook-up warning alarm to prevent damage to vehicle or electronics
  • Features easy connectivity for battery clips and ring terminals or vehicle DC plug
  • Two year warranty
  • Spark resistant reverse hook-up protection

Product Description
The Black & Decker automatic Smart Battery charger is spark-resistant and features a reverse hook-up, overcharge protection, and solid state circuitry. It features three-stage, automatic, high-frequency charging technology for quick and easy charging.Amazon.com Product Description
When your car battery goes dead, a jump-start is only a quick fix for the problem that may reoccur. The solution is to recharge the battery, using a product like the Black & Deck… More >>

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  1. #1 by Ryan Swanson on March 24, 2010 - 3:36 pm

    I bought this charger from Walmart about a year ago. The only time it has truly worked was when I used it to charge my sit down lawn mower when I got out after the winter and it worked perfectly. But then I used it on my car and it was saying there were faults then i used it on both my motorcycles and same thing. I jump the batteries with a car because the charger says that it can’t charger if the battery has too little juice but it hasn’t made a difference. I was starting to wonder if the charger was breaking the batteries. I’ve replaced my car and one of my motorcycle batteries because I thought they were ruined and i was about to replace the other but i wanted to see if there were reviews online about this charger and some of the other reviews sound similar and that their batteries were still fine and that it was just the charger so now i want to try a different charger or something. Hopefully it didn’t break my batteries but either way you should probably stay away from this charger because although it appears nice at first it ends up causing more trouble
    Rating: 1 / 5

  2. #2 by Donald Gillette on March 24, 2010 - 4:45 pm

    Right after I bought this, I took it home, hooked it up to a dying battery in my Nissan Frontier and it had me back and running within 2 hours. I thought it was great.

    Six months later, when my Craftsman Lawn Tractor battery died, I hooked it up to that. In less than 2 minutes, it said I was fully charged, but wasn’t even close. Then I used the 75 amp “quick start” function…watched the display count down from 90 seconds and when it said, “Start Now”, I cranked the thing. Nothing. So I went back to the charge cycle–it said it was charging at 25 amps and in less than a minute, it said fully charged. Baloney. There’s not a spark in that battery.

    Today, I tried to charge the battery in my Nissan Frontier again (I hardly ever drive it). Same thing happened as happened with the lawn tractor battery. The unit tells me the battery is fully charged, it won’t deliver the “quick start” option, and the battery is almost stone cold dead. You turn the key and hear click-click-click-click-click-click.

    Plus, I don’t mind this being made in China. That’s fine with me. But if they’re going to print the manual in China–I just wish they’d have someone who could speak, read, and write English to edit the thing before they put it in the box! Reading the manual is like reading the subtitles to a Chinese movie where everyone’s speaking Mandarin. “Please to connect the cables one red and one black to posts in order of succession.” How about “The red clamp is positive (+) and the black clamp is negative(-). Connect the red clamp to the positive terminal of the battery and the black clamp to the negative terminal. If you don’t understand this, close the hood and call a mechanic.” Wouldn’t that be better?
    Rating: 2 / 5

  3. #3 by jimbob on March 24, 2010 - 5:20 pm

    Ordered this charger, while it was the same model and had the same capability, got a cheaper version than what is pictured on the site. Charger shipped had the low end uninsulated type battery clamps rather than the nice heavy duty ones pictured on th website ad (like the ones you see on the 6 amp and lesser trickle chargers of same brand). Secondly, was under the impression that the charger had a reconditioning feature, which it did not.

    Rating: 1 / 5

  4. #4 by George A. Mulrooney on March 24, 2010 - 6:41 pm

    I’ve had one for about 2 years. What I like is that it’s inexpencive and it will let you know the condition of your battery before you charge it.

    I have used it on my lawn mower and my cars. Not that I have alot of trouble :) but I know it’s ready when I need a boost or for charging.

    It’s even got a quick referance chart attached to it so you won’t need to keep going to the owners mannal.
    Rating: 5 / 5

  5. #5 by Wet Mars on March 24, 2010 - 6:46 pm

    1. Page 4 of the instructions booklet – “Preparing to Charge” item # 2. “it is necessary to remove battery from vehicle to charge…” – seems like “If” is missing in the front of the sentence, perhaps? Later on they give instructions how to charge a battery which is still in the vehicle…

    2. Then when you follow all the instructions and connect POS (+) to POS (red) and NEG (-) (neg is grounded) to the chassis, the charger gives FAULT when 2/6/10 AMP button is pressed.

    3. The AC power cord supposed to have a triple fork (grounded) yet the fork has no grounding nor an adapter enclosed. I suppose it’s ok, yet not safe as per instructions. Some inconsistency in the instructions.

    4. Just a few seconds into charging (battery removed from vehicle, all instructions followed precisely) the “Smart Battery Charger” displays “FUL” (Battery Fully Charged) yet battery is not charged much. When “Battery Voltage” check button pressed the unit displays 14,5 Volts (fully charged) yet the vehicle just makes a rattle noise when connected to the “fully charged” battery.

    5. When left on “FUL” the battery charger does not automatically shut itself down as promised on the packaging and in the instruction.

    6. Later on if still left on “FUL” it started displaying “F03″ (Internal Open Cell), which is not true. The battery is fine, just needed charging.
    Rating: 1 / 5

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