Oh I don't know I always get a good crop of parsnips each yearAlan Titchmarch and Monty Donn have a lot to answer for.
Come to the conclusion that the CTEK battery charger doesn't work very well when shoving it's charge down 9 metres of 20amp cable to the aux socket in the boot
Enthusiastman
Well-Known Member
I use 3 of these buddy on my classics and its always best to HARD WIRE the service lead to the battery for best performance and as short a delivery of power as you can. I have the proper C-Tek extention leads ( 2m ones ) and they are fine albeit my classics are all inside my mancave. I assume your beast is outside?? Not sure which model C-Tek you have either. All mine are MXS-5 models with built in cooling fans.Come to the conclusion that the CTEK battery charger doesn't work very well when shoving it's charge down 9 metres of 20amp cable to the aux socket in the boot
Yes it's the CTEK MXS-5. I normally have that charging one bike and an Oxford thing charging the other but since reconnecting my FBH I have a bad battery drain that I'm chasing so last night I threw a wire out of the bedroom window into the boot leaving the charger in my office. I've now swapped the CTEK for a more old school charger, it still pulse charges but the pulses are a longer duration.
tomcat59alan
Well-Known Member
Couldn't you throw the extension lead out of the window and put the charger under the bonnet?
I could but the CTEK does that many checks if it throws up an error you can't tell unless you can see it.
CTEK was on all night and battery was sat at 12.2v this morning, older charger has been on a couple of hours and we're up to 12.62. Just hope my ECUs are ok.
EDIT:- Duplicate post removed
tomcat59alan
Well-Known Member
You want to get an Aldi/Lidl cheap maintenance charger,set the mode,shut the bonnet and forget.
You want to get an Aldi/Lidl cheap maintenance charger,set the mode,shut the bonnet and forget.
I've got a cheapish Ring charger coming and a magnetic connector that I can hang out of the boot then if I forget they just pull apart with no damage.
tomcat59alan
Well-Known Member
I'm on my second Aldi charger,I made the mistake of starting the car with the first one attached
I went to the shops and to pick my mother up as she won't drive in snow. My arse was twitching like a rabbit's nose on a few downhill sections. Had to wedge a wheel in the gutter on one and creep down and it still went sideways at one point. I did wonder if the back would come round completely and then it really would have been fun. Getting up was dead easy.
tomcat59alan
Well-Known Member
I guess your mum fell then, she would have been better driving.
Ah, that was on the way down to get her. She'd have been properly panicking if she'd been in the car.
Henry_b
Think outside, no box required.
Nowt much snow here
Floods and ice everywhere though, the main road in to town is flooded and a few cars were stuck..
But me in my P38 with the EAS in wade mode just drove by It was fun breaking the ice layer!
A p38 on road tyres with no T/C is quite capable
Floods and ice everywhere though, the main road in to town is flooded and a few cars were stuck..
But me in my P38 with the EAS in wade mode just drove by
It was fun breaking the ice layer! A p38 on road tyres with no T/C is quite capable
tomcat59alan
Well-Known Member
But is that an extension lead for the battery charger we can see.Nowt much snow here
Floods and ice everywhere though, the main road in to town is flooded and a few cars were stuck..
But me in my P38 with the EAS in wade mode just drove by
A p38 on road tyres with no T/C is quite capable
Henry_b
Think outside, no box required.
Not this time Alan!But is that an extension lead for the battery charger we can see.
It was originally there to charge the Discos battery however when I drove in with the P38 I parked on the cable. so it is stuck there until she moves again,,
Which will be tomorra to get some Petrol
brianp38dse
Well-Known Member
Mine stayed on the drive in the end, went to the shops with son in his bemmer we nearly had to abandon it and walk 200yards from home on a slight incline at a roundabout, ow the embarisment when a guy came up and said never use a bmw in the snow
