The MPL50 has got everything you need. It’s convenient for a modern workshop. It’s suitable for most common battery types, so it’s versatile. And it comes with a host of technology to give you excellent performance. However there’s one extra feature that makes it stand out from the crowd, and that’s its desulphation mode.

Traction Direct are delighted to be once again sponsoring Daventry Town FC Spartans U15 for 2022/23 season. We are supporters of grass roots football and community events, and so welcomed the opportunity to continue our support this young team in their endeavours to win their league.

October 2022’s Professional Motor Mechanic published a review of our MPL50-Li. Tony Powell AEE MIMI, owner of A P Autodiagnostics spent a month with the charger. Here’s how he got on…

A recent product test of the CSU2-50B unit by product tester and garage owner Des Davies. The CSU2-50B unit can be used with any 12V automotive battery including AGM, GEL and LiFePo4, which was very adaptable across a big range of batteries.

Despite having similar names these are actually two different types of battery, used for different purposes and with distinct characteristics. Perhaps confusingly, both are used in automotive cars, but there are big differences in how they are used and how they perform.

Around the globe, we’re living in vastly different environments, from the tropics to polar regions, humid to dry, salty coastal areas through to arid grasslands. Batteries operate over a wide temperature range, but extreme cold and high heat can affect performance.

With so many different vehicles and battery charger options now, it’s not always easy to know which is the best option for you. Here’s some advice when trying to select the best battery charger for you.

Sulphation is the number one cause of early failures in lead-acid batteries in vehicles. But there are ways of preventing or slowing down de-sulphation.

Traction Charger were one of the very first companies to develop the car battery de-sulphation process in the 1980s, but our system has an added benefit that other chargers don’t offer.

A revolution in batteries is coming, and it’s in the form of Lithium Iron car batteries. A Lithium Iron battery requires a charger that is specifically designed for Lithium Iron charging - any other battery charger could fatally damage the battery. Here’s the low down on Lithium Iron battery chargers.