Battery Conditioners - Good deal on eBay...

[stimshady]

well, looks like someone on here, maybe a lurker!?, has bought the last one that the seller had on ebay! (or just a coincidence)...

[Jon1967x]

Get one of these...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-CTEK-Multi-MXS-5-0-1...

plus one of these..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-C-TEK-CTE-56263-CTEK...

and you're good to go. (Other vendors sell them).

£65 in total

[IanV12VR]

stimshady said:

well, looks like someone on here, maybe a lurker!?, has bought the last one that the seller had on ebay! (or just a coincidence)...

That was me! as I just (this afternoon) broke my old one. Please don't ask how I broke it - toooo embarrassing

The thread was great timing though so thanks for posting

[stimshady]

IanV12VR said:

Please don't ask how I broke it - toooo embarrassing

ahh, you've gotta spill the beans now?!

[hashluck]

stimshady said:

IanV12VR said:

Please don't ask how I broke it - toooo embarrassing

ahh, you've gotta spill the beans now?!

Guessing you drove off with it still plugged in?

[Jon1967x]

stimshady said:

IanV12VR said:

Please don't ask how I broke it - toooo embarrassing

ahh, you've gotta spill the beans now?!

Be more fun it we all tried guessing

[IanV12VR]

stimshady said:

ahh, you've gotta spill the beans now?!

Getting the Aston ready for our European Tour and drove it out of the garage to wash it to find the charger was still connected to the cigarette lighter.

Fortunately no damage inside but the charger now has no wiring. Not the first time I have done it but previously been able to rewire it! Still, six years old so ready for a new one

[Voguely]

On the general theme of trickle chargers, has anyone on here ever tried a solar charger?

Where my car is parked most of the time it is nowhere near a plug socket, so a normal charger isn't really possible for me. The solar ones seem surprisingly cheap, but I'm wondering whether they'd really provide enough current to charge a car battery?

I was looking at one of these potentially. Probably the 4 Watt version.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SOLAR-POWER-BATTERY-TRICKL...

[stimshady]

Voguely said:

On the general theme of trickle chargers, has anyone on here ever tried a solar charger?

Where my car is parked most of the time it is nowhere near a plug socket, so a normal charger isn't really possible for me. The solar ones seem surprisingly cheap, but I'm wondering whether they'd really provide enough current to charge a car battery?

I was looking at one of these potentially. Probably the 4 Watt version.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SOLAR-POWER-BATTERY-TRICKL...

No I haven't used the solar charger, but I hear they do work. The reason I have bought this battery conditioner is to plug it into a powerpack and then leave it and the conditioner in the boot - the powerpack has got a 240v invertor which will power it... I also am not near a wall socket. I will have to take the powerpack in and charge it up every so often, but I should give me a chance to keep the battery topped up without a wall plug and without the need to start the car.

I did think about just plugging the powerpack straight into the cigarette lighter point in the boot, without the conditioner, but was advised that if the car was started while it was still connected, it would fry the wire from the boot to the battery, so the conditioner is a safer bet I think!!

this is the powerpack http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ring-Automotive-RPP-210-Co...

[mybrainhurts]

stimshady said:

The CTEK does look a bit crap though

Oh dear...actually, no.

[stimshady]

mybrainhurts said:

Oh dear...actually, no.

actually, yes, I think it does!

[mybrainhurts]

stimshady said:

mybrainhurts said:

Oh dear...actually, no.

actually, yes, I think it does!

I don't think you've read the reviews...

[stimshady]

mybrainhurts said:

I don't think you've read the reviews...

nope, you're right, I haven't - I just went for the same one my dealer uses... hopefully it's ok!

[mybrainhurts]

Love the way the likes of Aston Martin stick their logo on an already available product, then quadruple the price.

And people buy them. Amazing.

[AMDBSNick]

BravoV8V said:

This item (from the same seller, no connection) is a much better deal:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141390752389

Just purchased one of these. Even a personal thank you letter from the seller, nice touch

[Retman]

AMDBSNick said:

BravoV8V said:

This item (from the same seller, no connection) is a much better deal:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141390752389

Just purchased one of these. Even a personal thank you letter from the seller, nice touch

Good tip Nick and Bravo, just purchased one - mine recently suffered a 'schoolboy error'

[Laser Sag]

Cheeky one really but if anyone is looking for the AM one for 110V supplies then I have one going cheap, don't know why but my coupe had one in the boot when I bought it even though it's been in the UK it's whole life.

[michaelniwot]

YHM

[cayman-black]

Can someone confirm that for the v12v you can charge the battery through the cigarette lighter?
i.e it is always live. TIA.

[stimshady]

cayman-black said:

Can someone confirm that for the v12v you can charge the battery through the cigarette lighter?
i.e it is always live. TIA.

Yes you can. My dealer tested one of them recently via a battery pack of mine and they plugged it into the socket in the boot, which is behind the panel on the right hand side as you look in.