Was W203 270CDI A'garde, Was CLK270CDi A'garde, Current Porsche BoxsterS, Mini SDAll4
Ive got a ctek 3600 that cost £60 and an Aldi one that was £12. THEY ARE THE SAME! They're not made in the same place hut use same case and components andoperate EXACTLY the same.
Aldi have them in again at the moment at £14, failing that lidl have their version on sale from Thursday at the same price.
June 2002 SLK32///AMG. OCT 2007 CLK350 AMG Sport Convertible.
I bought a conditioner from MB cost about £40 or so. It senses when the battery is down if the car is left for a period of time and auto switches on, thus ensuring the battery is always fully charged. Once done it auto shuts down.
June 2002 SLK32///AMG. OCT 2007 CLK350 AMG Sport Convertible.
Just to clarify: Tricle charger image. It also pugs in directly to an input socket at the battery end on your car, (I had the dealership mod my car so I had similar), so you don't have to fiddle about with clips etc.
Was W203 270CDI A'garde, Was CLK270CDi A'garde, Current Porsche BoxsterS, Mini SDAll4
If your ciggy lighter socket is live with the ignition off then use this, no messing about under the bonnet. Ctek do the plug as an accessory but simple enough to wire one to another brand. Just make sure you buy a decent rated one (think cteks is 8A from recollection).
Hi all, sorry for the thread resurrection but I do have a pertinent question. I have a 2005 E320 CDI, which is only rarely used. In the winter, the battery goes flat in a couple of weeks. I also have a LIDL Ultimate Speed battery charger which I believe has a maintenance/trickle/float/whateveryoucallit mode. Can I connect this to the car's battery whilst the battery remains connected to the car, and leave it connected for weeks at a time, in order to keep the battery charged? If so, is there a particular way to do it, or can I just clip the crocodile clips to the terminals and away we go?
I just recently removed the battery and charged it with the aforementioned charger when the battery was almost totally flat, it took almost 24 hours. After a couple of weeks the car is again throwing the old "Battery Protection" message when I start it, so I'd like to keep it charged without the hassle of removing the battery every time the charge drops. Is this possible?
S205 C250d AMG Line P+, MX-5 25th Anniversary Edition
Just bought a CTEK MXS 5.0 last week for exactly this (on the Mazda MX-5 in our garage). Seems OK so far. I've connected the supplied fly lead directly to the battery using M6 nuts. The battery is still connected to the car.
Yes a conditioner can be connected to a battery still connected upon the car,
as it would be by plugging the conditioner into a live cig lighter socket.
Only issue with the Aldi type, and I expect the Lidl to be the same, is that if there is an interuption of the 240V supply the charger defaults to no charge output when power is restored,
I believe the CTEK will return to its previous charging state.
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