Trickle charger?

[kernowrs4]

Can anyone reccomend a decent trickle charger to use on the rs, i work offshore so am away for anywhere between 4-7 weeks at a time and need to find a decent trickle charger to put on it,

So many available i dont really know what to go for, been looking at the ctek mxs 5.0, any good?


Any help would be great

[SuprSi]

The ctek you mention is really good, that's what I use if I'm away for a while.

I also bought a cigarette lighter adapter for it so there's no messing about in the boot

[kernowrs4]

Ideal cheers si, need one by the weekend so uve sold me already haha

[anawaz]

hi. on subject of chargers, i opened up the plastic cover under the bonnet with battery sign and could only see the '+' terminal.

can anyone please advise exactly how to get to the entire battery ...

thanks

[SuprSi]

No worries, it must be an awesome thing to get in the RS after being away for that long! Mine is my daily driver so I've got a bit desensitised to it.

Anawaz, it's in the boot where the spare wheel would be.

[kernowrs4]

Haha yeah you could say that, first time i had driven in a total of 11 weeks was yesterday, deffinately missed it haha

[MikeFish]

No worries, it must be an awesome thing to get in the RS after being away for that long! Mine is my daily driver so I've got a bit desensitised to it.

Anawaz, it's in the boot where the spare wheel would be.

Yes it's in the boot, but there is a negative connection under the cover too. This is useful if you reverse into your garage and need then a jump start later.

I use an optimate charger. Can't remember the model number off the top of my head though. You can buy a special lead for it that bolts on to your battery terminals and has a quick connection plug at the other end to allow you to connect to charger quickly and easily if use it often.

[lengster1]

Ctek are the daddy!

[anawaz]

No worries, it must be an awesome thing to get in the RS after being away for that long! Mine is my daily driver so I've got a bit desensitised to it.

Anawaz, it's in the boot where the spare wheel would be.

Yes it's in the boot, but there is a negative connection under the cover too. This is useful if you reverse into your garage and need then a jump start later.

I use an optimate charger. Can't remember the model number off the top of my head though. You can buy a special lead for it that bolts on to your battery terminals and has a quick connection plug at the other end to allow you to connect to charger quickly and easily if use it often.

I reverse into the garage and its tight, too tight. so can't open the boot. guess i could fold seats down, or explore under the bonnet options ?

meanwhile here's link to ctek model as there's fair few to select from.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CTEK-MXS-3-8- ... 19ff91453d

cheers

[MikeFish]

No need to do that if you get a flat battery just pop the bonnet and connect up under the battery cover. The negative terminal is not as obvious, it's just a piece of metal, think it looks like a bit of pipe from memory (it's been a while though).

And have you never looked in your boot properly? Lol can't believe you haven't found the battery yet. There should be a tool box in there too as well as an electric tyre pump and some tyre sealant in case of a puncture.

[anawaz]

No need to do that if you get a flat battery just pop the bonnet and connect up under the battery cover. The negative terminal is not as obvious, it's just a piece of metal, think it looks like a bit of pipe from memory (it's been a while though).

oh. the piece of silvery coloured metal pipe pointing up in the air, when you look at it makes you think wtf is that lol

must be it.

cheers mate.

[MikeFish]

No need to do that if you get a flat battery just pop the bonnet and connect up under the battery cover. The negative terminal is not as obvious, it's just a piece of metal, think it looks like a bit of pipe from memory (it's been a while though).

oh. the piece of silvery coloured metal pipe pointing up in the air, when you look at it makes you think wtf is that lol

must be it.

cheers mate.

Yes that's it.

[Deano_123]

I leave mine for 6-8 weeks at a time and just leave the Ctek on it, no issues so far

[dhali]

Have had my c- tek for approx 8yrs now and car is sorn 6 months of the year and have had no problems.