5 Reasons Why the CTEK Multi Vehicle Charger Battery Charger Should Be Top of Your Shopping List

In essence, a car battery is a container full of chemicals that react together to produce electrons. These electrons collect on the negative terminal of the battery. Connecting a circuit from the negative to the positive terminal will cause the electrons to flow in that direction as quickly as possible via a load - in this case, the engine. Within a car battery a negative plate and a positive plate are chemically joined by electrolytes. It contains a fixed amount of reactants and when these are discharged, both plates undergo chemical changes to become lead sulphate and the result is that the battery goes flat.

Car batteries can discharge for a number of reasons. Modern cars rely on constant power to maintain facilities throughout the day and night, such as central locking systems and motion sensor equipment. There are a variety of instruments in modern cars that require a continual power supply. Without regular charging a battery will eventually go flat. It is also a common mistake for people to leave certain systems running such as interior and exterior lights. Again, the effect is the same – the power contained within the battery discharges and the battery goes flat. The first indication that this has happened is that the engine won’t start when the ignition key is turned.

A faulty alternator in the car’s engine can also help to reduce a battery’s life span. If it does not produce enough charge to sufficiently refuel the battery, the uncharged mass will sulphate incrementally, meaning that over time the battery’s capacity will become less and less until it is virtually useless. Batteries that are becoming low will show themselves in cold weather; a battery uses more charge to turn over a cold engine and, if it doesn’t have sufficient power, the engine will not start.

When a battery will not start a vehicle, it tends to be in the most inconvenient and frustrating circumstances; a school run, a work meeting or even an emergency. Calling for vehicle assistance is not always an option and even if it is, this can take a long time to arrive. Rather than leave it to chance, many drivers are now carrying vehicle battery chargers for use in these predicaments.

CTEK have developed a Multi Vehicle Battery Charger, styled as ‘the smartest battery charger in the world’. The CTEK Multi Vehicle Battery Charger is a small, lightweight device that is easily stored in the boot of a car, making it handy and convenient in any situation.

As its name suggests, the CTEK Multi Vehicle Battery Charger is compatible with a number of vehicles and has specific settings for cars and motorbikes and offers the ability to charge smaller batteries of 1,20Ah up to much larger batteries of 120Ah.

It is easy to use and you don’t have to change settings in order for it to do its job; it can adapt its charge according the battery it is re-fuelling and, once the battery is full, it will convert to a pulse charge.

The CTEK Multi Vehicle Battery Charger can charge a flat battery in around 30 minutes, which can be less time than you would wait for vehicle assistance. Importantly, the charger itself can be completely recharged from a domestic power source overnight, making it ready for use the following morning.

A CTEK Multi Vehicle Battery Charger gives you the power to take control of any situation in which you need your battery to be working at optimum levels.