Push button start in cold
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Diana1990
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Problem is my car is parked either on road or driveway. Nowhere to attach this to plug it to keep it trickling power to battery.
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On a driveway use a long extension cable. Also fit a comfort connector for the Ctek, terminating at the grille area if connecting to the front or just inside the boot, then its a ten second job connecting up. Have this on all my cars as they may sit for days or longer. First time start even if Sorned for 6 months over winter ie S63
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I live in first floor flat.... The driveway is mine though. So still no way to get cable unfortunately
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If you can start a modern derv that been sitting at minus 37c for two days....I really don't think the weather we get here will ever stop a half decently maintained car from starting.
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My 220/8 , when it was my dad’s car , could sit in the garage for months at a time , no need for maintenance charger as there were no electronics to drain the battery , and it would always start on the first compression . Most older cars were like that .
When I disposed of the W140 there was a nearly new battery in it , as I was giving the car away , I put the old battery back in and kept the new 130Ah Varta I’d bought . It now sits in my kitchen on a maintenance charger and handy to use to jump start any car that needs it . Not my W124 , to which I fitted a new Varta shortly after getting it , simply because the existing battery was of unknown history , even though it appeared to start the car OK .
Oh , my maintenance chargers are the £10 ones you get from the centre aisle of Aldi/Lidl a couple of times a year ; I’ve used them to keep several SORN or just less often used vehicles charge up , and they work great with settings for 6V or 12V , cars , motorcycles , cold weather and recovery of flat batteries. Of course more expensive alternatives are available , and I believe they work just as well .
For the OP , a solar charger placed in the front or back window , whichever gets more sunlight , can provide a trickle charge to keep a battery topped up if being left for a while . I gave one to my daughter since she used to cover 20 or 30 miles between MOTs , and it stopped me needing to go out periodically to jump start her .
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Lead acid batteries last virtually for ever if you look after them ... the one in my R129 was fitted in 2004.
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I was thinking of this. I used to use cars daily, mainly to get my mum to and from work. I lost my mum last April and since then it's always been about yiwce a week now maybe 3 so I thought of solar charger. But I had reservations. 1. Would they work well in winter with less sun? 2. If going through bonnet would the wire begin to sever with it having to be closed? 3. I'm not even sure how you connect it lol.
My car probably at worst will sit for about 4 days.
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