TY-RANGE-ONE said:

From Maplins website
Q) Will this cut off the current to prevent overcharging if the battery reaches full charge? - nu
A) No sorry this product does not support that.

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hi,you have been told by ratty that it will not cause any problems,he is a very gend up man so believe what he tells you.

The current output of a number plate sized solar panel is so low that it will barely cover the BECM standby current of 30ma so you can leave it on all the time no problem.

Thanks to you all for your info!
I think I have found the cause to the problem; I have been working on the car in daylight so haven’t noticed it before.
We i went to drive it tonight, I shut the door and all the interior lights went off apart from 2 in the back!
My daughter had them on on the last drive. We were all tired and it was late at night plus I have limo window tints all round the rear which makes it hard to see the interior lights when on.
This must have been what caused it! (I hope!)

I didn’t intend to come across as being rude Ratty, just wanted to be sure that I didn’t want to ruin my new battery! Sorry mate!!:doh:

I think I’ll get a solar charger to be safe...

Thanks all again!

TY-RANGE-ONE said:

Thanks to you all for your info!
I think I have found the cause to the problem; I have been working on the car in daylight so haven’t noticed it before.
We i went to drive it tonight, I shut the door and all the interior lights went off apart from 2 in the back!
My daughter had them on on the last drive. We were all tired and it was late at night plus I have limo window tints all round the rear which makes it hard to see the interior lights when on.
This must have been what caused it! (I hope!)

I didn’t intend to come across as being rude Ratty, just wanted to be sure that I didn’t want to ruin my new battery! Sorry mate!!:doh:

I think I’ll get a solar charger to be safe...

Thanks all again!

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glad you got it sorted.

Don't panic. There was no offence taken.