Trickle charging with non aston charger
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Hi there,
I have a trickle charger which is a non-aston Martin charger. It has crocodile clip style connectors so I can't attach in the boot. Should I attach it to the positive point under the bonnet drivers side and negative to something metal, directly to the battery behind the driver's seat, or something else?
Ideally I'd like to attach to the under bonnet as it's easier but I'm not sure it will work. I'm trying to avoid a trip to JCT to have the mirrors reset (again)....
Thanks
Andrew
I have a trickle charger which is a non-aston Martin charger. It has crocodile clip style connectors so I can't attach in the boot. Should I attach it to the positive point under the bonnet drivers side and negative to something metal, directly to the battery behind the driver's seat, or something else?
Ideally I'd like to attach to the under bonnet as it's easier but I'm not sure it will work. I'm trying to avoid a trip to JCT to have the mirrors reset (again)....
Thanks
Andrew
BravoV8V said:
There are battery points under the bonnet.
RTFM.
There's a battery point under the bonnet (a positive one) but no mention in the manual as to whether or not it is ok to trickle charge using that and some random earth point.... The manual tells you where to connect a cigarette lighter ended trickle charger.RTFM.
So - is it ok to trickle charge using the battery point and some random earth point under the bonnet?
I could go and get a cigarette lighter attachment but that means spending £ which I was trying to avoid.
Andrew
V8Andrew said:
BravoV8V said:
There are battery points under the bonnet.
RTFM.
There's a battery point under the bonnet (a positive one) but no mention in the manual as to whether or not it is ok to trickle charge using that and some random earth point.... The manual tells you where to connect a cigarette lighter ended trickle charger.RTFM.
So - is it ok to trickle charge using the battery point and some random earth point under the bonnet?
I could go and get a cigarette lighter attachment but that means spending £ which I was trying to avoid.
Andrew
Jockman said:
I always use the wife as the Negative.
Might as well
You'll burn in hell for that one Might as well
OP the manual talks about how to jump start it from a bettery pack IIRC
Just use the same connection points
When I had a dodgy battery I had the AM one in the boot and a similar one to yours under the bonnet
I just used one of the earth points to the body for the wiring harness.
Its not like its going to be pull high current
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