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Why is it so expensive?? At least in Europe.
The “normal” 240V AC rapid charger is like 40 euro, but the 12V car charger is over 100 euro! And why is it so big? Charging 3.7V batteries from 12V input shouldn’t require complicated electronics.
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And what’s up with the “Don’t accelerate” sign? All the electronics that I run on the cigarette lighter work fine when i accelerate, but the Makita charger doesn’t?!
It’s not expensive. The normal rapid charger is cheap because kits are sold as separate items. That gives you a cheap charger to sell.
There isn’t a kit that gives you the car charger. Only way to sell it as a dealer is to order em from Makita and they are expensive ( just as a fast charger ordered straight from Makita is expensive )
It’s so big because it uses thesame mold for the housing as the older normal or fast chargers. Creating new molds for a smaller size charger which is only sold in very small quantities would be cost prohibitive.
And a 2 minute Google search for the manual would explain you the icon instead of what you think it is.