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hi all, can anyone recommend a battery conditioner /trickle charger i can leave connected in between use on my rs4. recently got power to my garage and can now get something plugged in when i,m not using it!
thanks folks!!

CTEK!

I use the Optimate 4 after all the recommendations it had on here:
http://www.optimate.co.uk/optimate%204%20dual.htm

Ian_C wrote:CTEK!

I'm one for Ctek aswell. Used it for years on various vehicles without a single problem

thanks lads. will look into a ctek as suggested. mike ive used optimates on my bikes but thought the ah of the car battery was too much for it.

rocket1 wrote:thanks lads. will look into a ctek as suggested. mike ive used optimates on my bikes but thought the ah of the car battery was too much for it.

I've used the optimate for years. Excellent conditioner and trickle charger Worked fine on the RS4 when I had it

I used an Accumate for years on an old tvr I used to garage over the winter ;
Quite cheap, but does everything you need, and you can get a cigarette lighter charger for it, so you charge the car through the lighter socket

http://www.accumate.co.uk/accumate.htm

Graeme4130 wrote:I used an Accumate for years on an old tvr I used to garage over the winter ;
Quite cheap, but does everything you need, and you can get a cigarette lighter charger for it, so you charge the car through the lighter socket

http://www.accumate.co.uk/accumate.htm

Graeme, you mean you run it without trailing wires to an external socket and all the wiring can then be contained within the car itself? If so, that's gla great product.

marc1 wrote:

Graeme4130 wrote:I used an Accumate for years on an old tvr I used to garage over the winter ;
Quite cheap, but does everything you need, and you can get a cigarette lighter charger for it, so you charge the car through the lighter socket

http://www.accumate.co.uk/accumate.htm

Graeme, you mean you run it without trailing wires to an external socket and all the wiring can then be contained within the car itself? If so, that's gla great product.

haha, yeah, it'd be amazing if the battery charges the battery

I always found connecting the charger into the battery terminals a pain in the arse if you just want to get in and go and then park it back up, so having the car end of the charger plug into the cigarette lighter is an easy solution
I assume the Audi electrics will allow it to charge the battery through the Lighter port as the TVR was very simply wired, but Audi's tend to be a bit more complex ?

This is the part ; http://www.accumate.co.uk/o-12.htm