Review on NOCO GENIUS10 Smart Charger - 10-Amp Fully-Automatic 6V and 12V Battery Charger with Temperature Compensation for Maintaining, Trickle Charging, and Desulfating Batteries by Jacolbe Mind

The instructions are VERY difficult to follow as they made a lot of assumptions. This is an attempt to help those who are wondering. You need to check 3 things first. 1. What type of battery are you charging? This is very important and the only way to find out is to do a Google search on the label to find out if it's AGM, Lithium or something else. (For the purposes of this article, I'm going to assume that you got rid of your old box many years ago and your car is therefore equipped with an AGM battery. Most cars sold after 2012 will have an AGM, and if it is an If it's a hybrid, it's almost a general meeting If it's not a general meeting, you should look at your specific type.) 2: What problem are you trying to solve? Sounds easy, but it is not. There is a difference between a DAMAGED battery, a DISCHARGE battery (because it has no charge at all) and a dead battery. DAMAGE to the battery is unlikely if the problem first occurs. A LOW battery is most likely if your car (or other device) has not been driven or even turned on for at least two weeks. A low battery level may mean that the battery needs to be replaced. This device can help with all three, but it's important that you understand what YOUR situation is. If you don't know, don't buy it, don't have it towed to the Auto Zone or anywhere else; You test the batteries for free. 3: How relevant is your problem? This means that if you get stuck somewhere, you'll have to call a tow truck instead of exploring. This won't help unless you are very close to an outlet. If you're at home, you're probably fine, but you'll probably need an extension cord, depending on what your location is. So, let's get down to business after that. 1️⃣ Connect the charging cables to the device, then connect the charging cables to the BATTERY - DO NOT CONNECT TO THE WALL YET. If you have a hybrid, I know what they say, pop out from under the hood - don't. Simply attach it directly to the battery (in the case of hybrids, this is most likely in the trunk behind the side panel). The reason is that there may be a defect in the line (that's why your battery is in the state it is in). There should be a "pole" or pole with a (+) sign, that's positive, or look for it under the red rubber cover. Connect the positive (red) pin to this pin and then the negative (black) pin to the other pin BEFORE plugging the unit into the wall. First connect to the battery. If your battery is not dead you may get a spark, this is normal. This is a sign that your battery is still charged. 2️⃣ Plug your device into an electrical outlet. The device should light up with the yellow standby indicator (power symbol). If it doesn't, check if your outlet has a fuse (two knobs) and see if it can be reset. Also, make sure that outlet has power; connect something else; It could be powered by a switch somewhere. In other words, CHECK THE SOCKET BEFORE THINK THAT THE APPLIANCE IS DEFECTIVE. If you check all of this and it still doesn't turn yellow, the device MAY be defective; but check step 3 first. 3️⃣ Press the MODE button once; it takes a little effort to install them. It should light up 12V. (if nothing happens, it is most likely defective). DO NOT LEAVE IT ON 12V. Hold until these lights go out (and ideally the yellow status light comes back on). Here you need to know the battery type; it's probably one of those three. HOWEVER, THIS SETTING IS INTENDED FOR MAINTENANCE AND CONTINUOUS CHARGING, NOT FOR ZERO CHARGING. So if you bought this device, most likely this setup is NOT what you need. Proceed to step 4 (this step was just to test the device to make sure it is not DOA). 4️⃣ It's a bit tricky - but press the MODE button once (12v glows), then press and hold for 3 seconds (literally count the alligators in your head), then release (yes, at the third time you need to say "alligator") ). The light should go down to the second 6V row on the right. You are now typing again and the display switches to the left. IF YOUR BATTERY IS NOT DAMAGED - and you know whether or not it will hold a charge - YOU WANT "12V Power". It doesn't give you an obvious indicator level, but if you need to hop on this car, you can. This essentially gives the battery enough energy to roll it over - use the car's interior lights as a guide. You may need to leave it on for about half an hour to ensure it's good enough for your first draw. (Once you can start the gas engine, the generator will stop charging after about 30 minutes of driving; otherwise see step 5). So basically treat "12V power supply" as a jump. This will give you enough to complete your charge; If it doesn't last you can go to "12v repair" and let it run, but that's usually only if the battery has been dry for a very long time. DO NOT LEAVE THE BATTERY CONNECTED TO THE 12V MAINS AS YOU THINK YOU WILL DAMAGE THE BATTERY AND POSSIBLY CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS. Because at some point there will be feedback in the other direction. This is NOT what you need. 5️⃣ After being in "12V supply mode” for 30 minutes to an hour – enough to have some basic lifespan, you can now press MODE twice to return to the previously mentioned maintenance mode (and this is very important). PRESS UNTIL THE BATTERY TYPE YOU HAVE LIGHTS UP. This is to ensure that the charger ensures the battery is charged in a healthy manner. You also get a fuel gauge at the top to make it work properly (this also works when the battery is dry, but because it's dry it can't work). hold enough charge to boost; You'll see it jump from one to two and back to one again and again as the light flickers. For this reason you should first do a "12v supply" to give enough to keep it from normal usage (your car is always going to run out of battery because of something), THEN a maintenance setup if you want the whole Want to go way too full, and leave it there if you can't (or don't want to) control it right away. One possible misconception about this device is that it does all of this automatically. It's not like this. You can leave it on maintenance mode but it will never charge I promise you and you can leave it on 12V but you will be in trouble if it takes too long to charge I suspect it won't "damage" anything ", but likely to drain battery life if left on for too long, especially if you don't really need it. Let's put it this way: if you never had trouble starting your car before the ONE time during the pandemic when you went weeks without driving, you probably don't need a 12v repair. Most likely, you'll just need to charge it up a bit and then put it on maintenance mode for a few days before the next trip; I'd even advise not leaving it plugged in, but instead putting it on maintenance mode for a few hours maybe once a week or so just to get discharged and charged. 6️⃣ As soon as you see the green light, the device thinks that the battery is full. At this point you can (theoretically) leave it plugged in in maintenance mode, or just plug it in when needed. To remove a device, remove things in reverse order - press MODE until it goes back to standby, then remove the negative (SET IT A VERY GOOD CLEARANCE FROM THE METAL), then the plus (SET IT IN A VERY GOOD DISTANCE FROM THE NEGATIVE AND THE METAL), disconnect the charging cables and then unplug the device from the wall outlet. You have (or should) do. Another thing I might suggest you do is consider a portable alternator. Here at Revain they're pretty cheap - that way you can use them for the first jump if you get stuck somewhere that doesn't have an outlet. Something else to consider when providing breakdown assistance (self-help). I have two emergency devices - one is a power pack: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07LBLQ9YY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and the other is a true portable generator: https://www. amazon.com .com/gp/product/B07MYT6SZ5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (no longer available but you can check out some of the similar products) which has other helpers like lights and USB sockets. You're literally in the middle of nowhere when your battery dies.