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What you see is not neccesarily what you get. And what you get is not neccesarily going to function.
It seems Amazon has been doing this kind of crap a lot lately. Show you one thing and sell you something different. Almost smacks of bait and switch. But I suspect ineptitude rather than deviousness.
I ordered this charger specifically for the features shown in the picture above. (Model # SE-5212A) It's supposed to have an analog gauge with solid state switches for the 2, 10 & 50 amp modes. That's not quite the battery charger I received.
I received model # SE -5212.CA. A similar appearing, but different charger that lacks the features/options I wanted. (see attached picture) The mode switch is a chintzy little grey button that you press to cycle downward through the charging modes. Press once for 2amp again for 10amp, etc. Thanks to the fact that not only is the mode button sticky, it's also partially covered by the plastic membrane of the face plate/cover. All that add s up to is a roll of the dice as to what mode you'll actually end up with. One press might get you 2amp or nothing. Or it might get you the 10amp mode. Add a second press and that's where it can really fun as that seems to exponentially increases your odds for randomness. And to make it even more entertaining, even the randomness is random.
And instead of a nice sweep gauge that tells you what your approximate level of charge is, you get useless LED lights. You have three yellow LED's to the left that tell you what mode your in. 2/10 or 50. And three LED's on the right: Reversed (polarity), Charging and Charged/Maintaining. And to make it even better, you have a limited viewing angle on them. Straight on or nothing. Yes, you can see the LED's from various angles but that is misleading as the lights will illuminate the other positions if looked at from an angle of top down.
And then to add a cherry to the top of this mess. My charger only functions in the 2amp mode. Switch it to 10 or 50, the charger will buzz a lot, but do nothing else.
Guess we'll see how bad Schumacher customer service is.
December 2014 · Automotive · verified purchase