Help! Unknown battery conditioner connector

[Bobby Dazzler]

Does anyone know which car battery charger or conditioner uses this style of connector?

It looks similar to an SAE connector but the curved connector is at 90 degrees to what I might expect.

 

[KennyN]

Looks like the ones on my Optimate motorbike battery tenders :

Pardon our interruption...

K

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Looks like the ones on my Optimate motorbike battery tenders :

Pardon our interruption...

K

Thank you for your quick reply. I think it might be. Either that or an old style CTEK Connextor - after I posted I had a brainwave that it might be so I have emailed CTEK support.

CTEK make adaptors to connector older style chargers to newer style “comfort connect” accessories, but I can’t find one to go the other way, ie newer charger to older accessories.

 

[ChrisPDuck]

That's a Tamiya connector.

Tamiya connector - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

That's a Tamiya connector.

Tamiya connector - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It does definitely look like one!

 

[ChrisPDuck]

The photo in the wikipedia article isn't a very good one, because it doesn't show the ridge that the clip on the mating plug latches over, but if you look on ebay for Tamiya connectors you'll see a lot of better photos. Coincidentally I've used a pair of these connectors to make a poor man's CTEK quick connect type of lead on my W221, for a Lidl battery charger.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

The photo in the wikipedia article isn't a very good one, because it doesn't show the ridge that the clip on the mating plug latches over, but if you look on ebay for Tamiya connectors you'll see a lot of better photos. Coincidentally I've used a pair of these connectors to make a poor man's CTEK quick connect type of lead on my W221, for a Lidl battery charger.

Smashing, thank you

 

[SpikyMikey]

Readily available as Molex 3191 Series connectors.

 

[poormansporsche]

It does definitely look like one!

Exactly my thoughts Tamiya. I wonder if you could plug in a Tamiya RC battery if you had a car stored in a space without mains power

 

[poormansporsche]

Just checked my Tamiya charger, definitely the male version of your female pic above.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Thank you for all of your replies, it’s much appreciated.

CTEK Support came back straight away and confirmed that it was a first generation “quick” connector, and recommended that it be replaced with a new generation CTEK Comfort connector. Now fitted, sorted