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Don't be too offended, WD40, it looked like your account had been hacked and was being used to flog products by especially sophisticated spambots. I swear, I read the post in a pseudo-Chinese accent., that's how well it ticked the boxes for spam cues.

I screwed a discharger together out of about $10 worth of hardware store parts and some wire I had lying around. I took my sweet time with the discharge and still got the whole process done in less than 48 hours including charging back up from flat. Once again, thanks to S Keith for invaluable guidance (and Zen-like patience).

I don't remember what I paid for the grid charger. But the price for the all-up package looks pretty good. If the thing works as advertised, I'd call that a bargain and no mistake.