Looking after your battery during self isolation

rob1miles · Apr 8, 2020

These are UK stock and come in around a week:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UK-100W-...701778?hash=item547a746712:g:2JcAAOSw4fhd4OzG
The size is wrong and the spec is probably wrong too, but they push out loads of power.
I got a 200W panel from Hongkong for £60 inc postage which is incredible, I doubt its 200w but it easily pushes out 2 or 3 amps, but it will take about a month to come and you'll get hit for £12 import duty. I didn't mind on the 200W as there were none anywhere near that price in the UK. My set up now is fixed 100W and carry 200W when we are camping. They go through a PWM controller:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/30A-20A-...hash=item21454255bf:m:mBIDtgNmH_74gH4jZnb5yvw
Its all plugged together with Deans connectors and I have a bulkead socket so I can plug the 200W panel in from outside
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-Pairs...391314&hash=item33bfeb02da:g:i04AAOSwzaJX6or-

Devilish · Apr 8, 2020

Henry_b said:
Just pop the negative off the battery
I use a ctek

I do the same thing, ctek every few weeks

Shimsteriom · Apr 8, 2020

rob1miles said:
These are UK stock and come in around a week:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UK-100W-...701778?hash=item547a746712:g:2JcAAOSw4fhd4OzG
The size is wrong and the spec is probably wrong too, but they push out loads of power.
I got a 200W panel from Hongkong for £60 inc postage which is incredible, I doubt its 200w but it easily pushes out 2 or 3 amps, but it will take about a month to come and you'll get hit for £12 import duty. I didn't mind on the 200W as there were none anywhere near that price in the UK. My set up now is fixed 100W and carry 200W when we are camping. They go through a PWM controller:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/30A-20A-...hash=item21454255bf:m:mBIDtgNmH_74gH4jZnb5yvw
Its all plugged together with Deans connectors and I have a bulkead socket so I can plug the 200W panel in from outside
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-Pairs...391314&hash=item33bfeb02da:g:i04AAOSwzaJX6or-

Those are cheap as chips.
Wish I'd seen this before I bought mine

norseman · Apr 9, 2020

My RRC is not a daily driver so after it's stood (in the open) for three weeks I take it to the supermarket (for essential items

) then drive the long way home, about 20 miles all in. Not only does the trip liven the battery but spins all the oily bits as well.
That's the beauty of these old Classics, no fancy electrics to drain the battery when the car is unused, just an immobiliser & a clock

RangeRoller dt · Apr 18, 2020

I do this.

MF-31 1000cca 120Ah + Old Sparkrite charger will leave overnight on 12v lo, switch off to cool down, then charge again overnight. Have to reset window settings and pre programmed radio stations is all

Will probably be 3/4 again when I do it next year.

gstuart · Apr 22, 2020

Also leave mine connected via a ctek, keeps both batteries topped up , fitted a connector on the front of the house, drilled through the wall and the ctek Is in the hallway

then plug a charge lead via the 12s socket

also fitted a battery monitor box onto the battery and app which I can Then monitor via Bluetooth on my iPad pad, has a range round 20 feet

Plus pic so u can download It to put on ur dashboard

planning to fit a couple of solar panels on the roof

Hippo · May 5, 2020

If mines been left for a week without use and I'm worried about it I just start it and sit with it on tick over for ten minutes if I'm not going to drive it. It's enough to give it a top up charge. The starting current isn't the thousands of amps peeps want yer to believe. Mine starts in 2 seconds. I've measured and monitored it. FL2 SD4.

Looking after your battery during self isolation

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