do the battery leads stay in place or do they move easily? Using a similar charger, the leads slip and move very easily, hard to keep lined up
800793
They move pretty easily but the spring-slider holds my battery pretty firmly in place, so as long as you insert/remove the battery cleanly they stay in place. I've only had them off position maybe twice in a month
800794
battery leads do not stay in place. and they are hard to move. and the tracker holder is already broken.The design of this product is good on the paper, but it is not good after tranferred into the prodcut Because of the poor quality material..
800795
It stays in place because the left side is like a slider door that has a spring and keeps it in place so when you plug it into the wall it doesn't fall out because of the grip of the springy door i never had any troubles with that part my only down fall is it takes it a whole day to charge your battery its a very slow charger hope I answered your question.
1636196
Holly, the blue LEDs on the battery do stay lit when charging another device when i use it. May not be a big deal if the battery still charges whatever it is connected to though...
1217647
The battery has a metal connection that uses two tiny screws to secure it. I think the tape is so it doesn't move around because this metal connections seems delicate. Mine is not green there but a copper color. I bought a set of the proper screw drivers for about 10 dollars. They are worth it.
1401705
I've kept the charger in my pocket while charging and have never had a problem with it. Sure, it gets warm but not that bad.
211998
I have had very little success using regular chargers on optima batteries. In some cases I was unable to charge the battery completely, and had to purchase a new battery. Once I started using this charger I was able to bring back all the ones I thought were no longer any good
472743
I think "directly" is not recommended, but I cut some stainless tubing into 1/2" spacers and routed my mounting screws thu them. This allowed air circulation around the unit. Be sure and check the performance of your batteries regularly. If one starts to die, your charger will destroy the other and itself.
1489833
Lordy no. I plug in the charger with battery in , out , half in. Pull them out early. Short charge etc. overload and over discharge, it handles it fine. My battery life is shorter than some but it's a tool.
1810333
I'm wondering if you pushed each battery onto the perch just right. The first time I tried to insert the battery onto the charger, it just sat there then fell off. I tried again until I could hear the battery click onto the perch. Do you have the charging unit plugged in?
902318
they do tend to shift a bit, but it is not problem to realign them. Since my wife and I use two different batteries, we are always shifting things a bit anyways. for our batteries, we just insure that the two contacts are touching the two outer contacts on the battery. When correct, the led glows red until the battery is charged.
1617198
I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AND HAVE A SOLUTION!! Put the nose of the batter in at a DOWNWARDS ANGLE. catching just the front hooks to secure in place. Charger then recognizes it. the problem is the connectors are two short for the battery. if you put the battery in at a angle, works perfectly fine.
1671930
We have used these batteries for the last 25 years. We have two sets. My wife uses them for a Black and Decker 2 speed small vacuum sweeper that has not been made for over 20 years. She uses one set in the sweeper every morning the master bath. I have replaced the batteries once in all that time and one sits in the charger until the other set runs down. Simple answer is that it will not hurt the batteries to stay in the charger for a prolonged time.
1519282
About a miniute BUT. I have to use a rubber bands around the batteries to keep them in the charger. It dorks fine and charges pretty quickly
948948
Same here it charges really fast but it hasn't defective my battery at all. Both my covers have open ports but they are to thick and the ports to the charger dont line up.
1738453
Falls? The action of gravity pulling it down, or did you mean 'fail'? I have not experienced this product failing in the sense of charging. All my batteries hold a charge, it just takes a few hours. (Hence why I keep extra batteries.) If the question indeed was about fall, I have not dropped the item so I can't give feed back on it's durability. Bottom-line, I works well and is cheap. Some of my favorite things.
2156342
have the same thing but not the same problem. They unfortunately (charger) do wear out from repeated use. Not that well made but usually work fine for quite a few charges. Don't know why it won't charge all your batteries as mine only cares if it is the right kind no matter who makes it. It could be the battery is bad if your charger works on other batteries.
1659181
I have noticed that the battery discharges pretty quickly once it is taken off the charger. Not the greatest design.
1667363
NO!!! it can drag behind or I tucked it in the Battery area and it still works great