Ultimate Speed ULGD 5.0 A1 (from Lidl) Car / Motorbike 12V / 6V 5A battery charger

Quite a good product.
My Project (from Kaufland): • My Project (from Kaufl...

[@UltimateDIY]

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[@jessicaqiu3534]

Hi , can you help me buy this one to China?

[@UltimateDIY]

Hi. I don't think it's possible.

[@slybunda]

i picked up the lidl ultimate speed ULGD 5.0 few days ago and its the C1 revision. what iv noticed compared to the A1 variant is that the C1 runs a lot cooler, barely warms up and its voltage display is more accurate than the A1 version. well worth it for the money.

[@UltimateDIY]

Nice to hear they actually improved it 👍🏻

[@ThePunisher308]

Nice review and to the point! Using it on my car right now in winter mode

[@UltimateDIY]

Awesome! 👍🏻

[@colinwillshere1709]

I have the same battery charger from Lidl which I am using as we speak.i lost the manual so found your video.You explained it very well and answered any questions I had.Thank you, A very good video and my compliments on your English 👍

[@UltimateDIY]

Glad my video helped and thank you!

[@sticky59]

Good review cheers. I agree that if your battery has only 2-3 volts in it these smart chargers will not charge. What I did was, I hooked up my battery jump pack a couple of times for 20-30 seconds each time and it brought the charge in my battery up enough to be able to set a 'mode' on the charger and away it went.

[@UltimateDIY]

Good sollution 👍🏻

[@tarnvedra9952]

Issue there you cant have it dual voltage, smart, and able to recover severly discharged batteries at the same time at least not easily. And if its not smart (lets you override the charging logic) someone will try to charge 6V battery as 12V and it will boil off all the acid or explode in their face and Lidl gets sued.

[@UltimateDIY]

The chargers need to be smart because people are not as smart as they used to be.

[@mihaita0305]

Thanks for sharing! Much appreciated.👍👍👍

[@UltimateDIY]

Welcome!

[@EsthardStyleHQ]

Thanks for the video just got it from Lidl for 17€

[@UltimateDIY]

Welcome! It's a good product.

[@jennyohanlon5380]

Great instructions!

[@UltimateDIY]

Glad my video helps ✌🏼

[@shinyshel]

Thank you very much for your video it was very helpful 😀

[@UltimateDIY]

Welcome!

[@janhones3879]

I have the feeling, I'am listen to Ayrton Senna, the same intonation... 👍🏼😊 thanks for the report (test) of the charger.

[@UltimateDIY]

Being compared to Ayrton Senna is a honor ✌🏼

[@jonahwhale9047]

Good review. Very helpful. I tried one of these on a sealed lead battery that was unused but had been left to go flat. Another simple charger would charge it up (not to 12V though), but attaching this would then discharge it again slowly. Strange. If it's under the sufficient charge level to "recharge" a flat batter, it only flashes the voltage & does not allow you to change modes.

[@UltimateDIY]

Did it not give the bad battery error? Was it actually trying to charge it?

[@jonahwhale9047]

@@UltimateDIY Thanks, you're the expert! Strange, I left it overnight & it dropped from 7.9 (with a simple charger) to about 3 with the ULGD. Now I get the "Err" option but not beforehand. In short, I think the claim to recharge flat batteries are exaggerated! The ULGD still works with another battery I have. I've just never seen a battery discharge with a charger attached! Unfortunately, I was not able to get to this one for 18 months + due to Covid.

[@UltimateDIY]

These are smart chargers. If they detect a defective battery they will not charge it. At 3V a battery is defective and nothing will bring it back, sadly. Even if you force it to charge, it will not hold the charge.

[@Autonomous1969]

I'm having this problem today. The answer is to connect another car battery to the dead one and leave it for about an hour. This will put some charge into the dead battery so the electronics in the charger will work.

[@mariuspoparascu1822]

Great video again, I think that I've watched every single video that you've done on your b8. I was wondering if you had any problem by not disconnecting the battery from the car as the manual says. I would like to purchase a battery charger for my b8.5 as well but I am afraid of frying any electrical part of the car. As you said in the video, it's a pain in the .. to disconnect that battery every single time you want to charge it

[@UltimateDIY]

Thanks! I honestly have no clue, but I think about it like this. As long as you can jumpstart the car with another car or a lithium battery jumpstarter, I think using such a charger should be ok. If it's not...time will tell.

[@eklhaft4531]

Honestly the charging indication could improve. I didn't even know if it was working until few minutes have passed and the voltage started to raise. Yes I read the freaking manual. Yes the battery symbol is blinking but it made no sound I didn't have to press anything to actually start it. Just put it into car mode and it starts automatically. Very awkward.

[@UltimateDIY]

Yes, I 100% agree.

[@festivecheer9761]

Does this have a trickle mode? I have a car stored in the garage over winter and I want to keep the battery from going flat?

[@UltimateDIY]

If I remember right, it has.

[@peterbradley4916]

good review'

[@UltimateDIY]

Thank you 👍🏻

[@kravez16]

Man I’m lucky I ran across this, I was trying to charge a Varta AGM battery on the car mode but I’m supposed to put it on the snow ❄️ mode for it to charge properly. What a headache lol

[@UltimateDIY]

Yes, that is a bit weird 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Sverigebilden]

Hi, in what mode should you put in if you are going to maintenance charging your car battery? I am not going to drive my car for 6 month during the winter time.

[@UltimateDIY]

Hi. Sorry, but I don't remember exactly. Maybe even the standard charging mode switches to trickle charging when the battery gets fully charged.

[@Sverigebilden]

@@UltimateDIY Ok

[@rainermaria]

Hey man - does just connecting the cables but not clicking anything display the current vattery voltage? Mine just finished charging, showing around 12.5 and a full battery, but when I reconnect it, it shows 10.3 🤔

[@UltimateDIY]

I have no clue. I would check with a multimeter.

[@mihailpopa3315]

What would you choose between charger from Lidl or from Kaufland? Thanks!

[@UltimateDIY]

The one with higher charging current and if I remember right, it's the Lidl one.

[@izoyt]

hi. does this thing have some manual override or program, just to maunaly set voltage/amp output and it doesn't changing after?

[@UltimateDIY]

I don't think so.

[@littlegreenavenue506]

Is it ok to charge the battery while it is being connected to the car? (I mean, without disconnecting from the car)?

[@UltimateDIY]

Good question, but I don't have an answer. Some say it's ok, others that it's not. For me, it seems to work and I had no problems. But, I never power on the car when the charger is connected. Maybe this is important 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@MarinTheFirestarter]

@@UltimateDIY true. Never start car on charger. The battery will charge faster if is disconnected. No problem charge it when connected to car.

[@UltimateDIY]

Thanks for this info 👍🏼

[@andrejulaga]

Can you help me please. I bought a new Motorcycle battery before winter. Then I took it out and stored at home. Every month for about 4 months, I powered it with this one to full. When spring came, I put battery in moto...and won't start. Bought new one, got to go. Am I doing something wrong with maintainig? Ty 😊

[@UltimateDIY]

Sorry, but I am not familiar with moto bateries. If it were a car battery, I would say it had a problem from the start. It should not have died in 4 months, even if you charged it only once, not to mention 4 times. Just think for how long a battery waits in a store before it gets bought and it's still ok. Or, maybe your charger is defective and somehow damaged it, but never heard about something like this.

[@iurox]

Salut, ai incarcat bateria fara sa deconectezi borna de minus si a fost ok? Bateria era normala sau AGM? Multumesc

[@UltimateDIY]

Salut. Da, tot timpul o incarc conectata. Este AGM.

[@user-tq9un3gz4f]

Hey man, thanks for the review! Could you advise, in what mode I should charge 12v leisure battery?! 🙄 Thanks!!

[@UltimateDIY]

Hi. No really sure, as I know they have a little bit of a different charge curve.

[@godisnjiodmor]

When you hold down the button (there is only one on the device), it shows the charging current on the 12v battery, and on the 6v battery... I don't know, but it seems to me that some kind of pulse charging starts? Has anyone tried it?

[@UltimateDIY]

I don't remember about that. Does the manual not mention it?

[@amonty2005]

I think you mean the desulfurization program. Yes it has that feature to remove sulfur deposit on electrode plates but I have not tried to use it.

[@lepired2958]

Isti problem...

[@vurko123]

​​@@amonty2005 yes it has that program and desulfatisation program starts when the battery voltage is 7.5v, then the impulse is going to 10.8v, then it starts with motorcycle mode (but you can change it to car mode) And yes the voltage is blinking indicating that the desulfatisation mode is ON It will do the job! And last thing, if the battery voltage is below 7.0v the charger shows error If it helps just jump it with another battery or old non smart charger to above 7.5v then reconnect lidl charger. The lidl and kaufland charger are the same, just another name (ultimate speed and my project)

[@meirionroberts2600]

Will that charge a sky rich lithium ion battery ?? Great video 👌🏼

[@UltimateDIY]

No, this is for "lead acid" batteries.

[@boyantomovski6613]

Is there any problem with the car after this direct charge without disconnecting the battery?

[@UltimateDIY]

We had no problems on our 3 family cars.

[@Edzus94]

You will only get a problem if your run the car while its charging

[@stegra5960]

I had to replace the body control module on my Fiat 500 after charging with the battery still connected to the car. Can't say for certain that was the cause, of course. Thankfully, I was able to get a used unit reprogrammed otherwise it would have cost more than the car's value for the replacement.

[@UltimateDIY]

Thank you for this info.

[@fulesmackofule]

I have it, but not sure if I can use it for Lithium-Ion (X-Racer Lithium 13)? Can someone please tell?

[@UltimateDIY]

That I have no clue. Normally I'm thinking the aftermarket battery itself should have some electronics that handle the charging, because the bike probably treats the battery as a lead acid one. So it might work, but might also fail with fire and explosions.

[@JohnDoe-ih2nc]

Does it have to stay plugged in

[@UltimateDIY]

When charging the battery? Of course it does.

[@dl.rautate]

How many hours did you spend for a full charging?

[@UltimateDIY]

Sorry, but I don't remember exactly. From what I recall, I started one day and it took until next day. So, between 12 and 24. And this is how I learned that my battery was quite discharged and short trips in the city did not properly charge it.

[@djfreshasfck8226]

battery revive doesnt ¨revive¨ but it will smack enough power in to your dead battery for you to start and go and buy a new battery... also, takes a day and a half to charge... goes crazy with deep cycle batteries... thanks for sharing buddy.

[@djfreshasfck8226]

p.s. the aldi version is f.a.r.t technology lol

[@UltimateDIY]

Nothing can really revive an internally damaged battery. And staying discharged under a certain voltage for too long will do internal damage. About the charging time, just do a quick calculation. For an 100Ah battery that is 50% discharged it will take a theoretical 10 hours at 5 amps to charge it. But that will never happen, in reality it will be about 15 hours maybe due to loses and current variation.

[@MarinTheFirestarter]

Can i leave it over night to charge without overcharging?

[@djfreshasfck8226]

@@MarinTheFirestarter i left mine charging one of my cars at my office overnight and no problem, it didtake almost a couple of days to charge an empty battery. mine got stolen out of my camper tongue box so couldnt try it more :(

[@vurko123]

​Yes when the battery is full then the charger turns off and goes into stand by, when the voltage on battery drops the charger turns ON and start to charge again@@MarinTheFirestarter

[@Zeczam]

How long does it take to charge?

[@UltimateDIY]

Depends a huge lot on the capacity of the battery and the starting charge level. Not possible to tell clear numbers. But, as an idea, for a really discharged and big battery it can take even close to 24h. For a small and not so discharged battery, maybe a few hours.

[@aris95]

Does it save the settings if it is connected to battery permanently?

[@UltimateDIY]

That I don't know.

[@aris95]

@@UltimateDIY I have tested this two times now and it always continued charge with normal (car) setting which is okay no need to push any buttons. (When it is connected to battery permanently.)

[@UltimateDIY]

Perfect 👍🏻

[@mariailonakoncznesipos3116]

Van ahol hang nincs, ha van nem értem!

[@UltimateDIY]

English please.

[@TheExcellentVideoChannel]

I've trickle charged an absolutely dead battery with this charger but it took several days

[@UltimateDIY]

It's not really meant for that 🤭

[@mirceastanescu2207]

Cît este prețul ?

[@UltimateDIY]

Nu imi mai amintesc, dar de obicei mentionez in video.

[@jeanmarie97]

To be avoided, do not maintain charge , and warranty is not existing , do not buy .

[@UltimateDIY]

That is weird. Mine is still working perfectly to date.

[@YO-lb9ki]

To long 😪

[@UltimateDIY]

True 😔

[@PAC-fp9hy]

Use once, worked fine. Second time refused to change settings and charge. Buy cheap buy twice. Chinese rubbish.

[@UltimateDIY]

I don't think this is the case. You might have got a defective unit. Mine continues to work perfectly.

[@Marko_Maxa]

is there desulfatization program?

[@UltimateDIY]

I don't know this.

[@amonty2005]

I think I have seen somewhere else this charger has the desulfurization program but I have not tried it

[@vurko123]

Yes it has that program and desulfatisation program starts when the battery voltage is 7.5v, then the impulse is going to 10.8v, then it starts with motorcycle mode (but you can change it to car mode) And yes the voltage is blinking indicating that the desulfatisation mode is ON It will do the job! And last thing, if the battery voltage is below 7.0v the charger shows error If it helps just jump it with another battery or old non smart charger to above 7.5v then reconnect lidl charger. The lidl and kaufland charger are the same, just another name (ultimate speed and my project)

[@UltimateDIY]

@vurko123 thank you for this information! ✌🏻