Noco Genius 5 Trickle Smart Charger

[152bobby]

Hello,

I had this plugged in overnight for the first time to see how it worked, not that I'm having issues, just thought I'd try it out.

When I went out to the car this morning, it had a red cross through the 12v icon (sorry no photo) and when I unplugged it from the power supply it the icon in the photo was illuminated (see photo).

I am 100% sure I connected it to the car properly (under the bonnet).

Am I doing something wrong, as I would have expected the green light to be illuminated this morning.

And the car started as normal.

[trashman1965]

If it's this icon, a quick Google brought up the below. If there are no issues, either there was a connection issue (bad earth maybe?), the charger is over sensitive/not suitable, has a fault or maybe early signs of a Battery issue.

[152bobby]

29 minutes ago, trashman1965 said:

If it's this icon, a quick Google brought up the below. If there are no issues, either there was a connection issue (bad earth maybe?), the charger is over sensitive/not suitable, has a fault or maybe early signs of a battery issue.

Thanks, that's very handy.  I'm going to connect it again, maybe it was a bad earth.  I'm hoping it's not the Battery, because it just had a full service along with the usual Hybrid Battery Check Certificate from Toyota !!

[hind]

58 minutes ago, 152bobby said:

I am 100% sure I connected it to the car properly (under the bonnet).

Where did you attach the negative clamp?

[152bobby]

1 minute ago, hind said:

Where did you attach the negative clamp?

Looks like it was a bad earth, as I have connected it to (see photo) and then the charger looks more healthy and is doing something (see photo).

[dash]

Beware some clamps only have the metallic strip on one leg, and the jump contact in the fuse box has the strip on one side only, so alignment of the clamp is important.

[152bobby]

2 minutes ago, dash said:

Beware some clamps only have the metallic strip on one leg, and the jump contact in the fuse box has the strip on one side only, so alignment of the clamp is important.

Good points and noted 👌....but why not bullet proof this and have all the relevant contacts on both sides of the clamp and both sides of the jump contact point in the fuse box, bloody ridiculous!!

[hind]

25 minutes ago, 152bobby said:

have all the relevant contacts on both sides of the clamp

Cost saving 😉 and it's safer for the user, I mean - less metal parts on the clamp = less chance to touch something earthed while connected to the positive pole and cause the short, especially with the wrench you just used for unscrewing the Battery terminals

[jthspace]

The clamp in the pic is metal and riveted by a metal joint with a spring bridging both arms so it shouldn't matter which way around it connects to the tab; if you are concerned, a quick check with a voltmeter will confirm.

[152bobby]

Next time I pop out to my garage, I'll post a photo of the inside of the Noco clamps.