Who makes the current Aston battery conditioners?

Who makes the current Aston battery conditioners?

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V12Vanquish

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477 posts

138 months

Monday 17th February 2014
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Does anyone know who makes the latest model of Aston batter conditioners.

The old relabeled Ctek is no longer being supplieed, the current version has mode buttons for motorcycle, car and winter charging / conditioning.

Manwhoneverwas

598 posts

130 months

Monday 17th February 2014
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I hope it is not sourced from China given it could be manufactured from "counterfeit plastic".
Actually my old OEM Porsche battery conditioner (also by CTEK) had a motorbike button on it.

Edited by Manwhoneverwas on Monday 17th February 18:13

paddy328

2,902 posts

184 months

Monday 17th February 2014
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Probably c-tek

V8 Animal

5,914 posts

209 months

Monday 17th February 2014
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Just get a Accumate or Optimate they all do the same job.

Jon39

12,782 posts

142 months

Monday 17th February 2014
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Please show us a photograph.

I think Ctek have recently introduced new models, so perhaps AM are now using one of those.

BravoV8V

1,858 posts

173 months

Monday 17th February 2014
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V12Vanquish said:
Does anyone know who makes the latest model of Aston batter conditioners.

The old relabeled Ctek is no longer being supplieed, the current version has mode buttons for motorcycle, car and winter charging / conditioning.
My c-tek has those buttons. Like this:


runner911

599 posts

242 months

Monday 17th February 2014
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I have a brand new Aston Martin conditioner still in its box with instruction book which I bought for my DB9.

Sold the Car last year and never used the conditioner.

Identical to this one. Has a plug which fits into a socket in the boot .

http://www.astonstore.co.uk/product/Battery_Condit...

Sell it to you if you make me a reasonable offer !



Edited by runner911 on Monday 17th February 22:39

F1 NDW

1,116 posts

145 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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Wow, I bought a new one from Stratstones, it was half that price!

alscar

3,978 posts

212 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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Ctek - Amazon £60 odd buys you the MXS 5 - doesn't have an Aston badge but seriously it's a battery conditioner.

Jon1967x

7,178 posts

123 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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+1 on the ctek 5 amp one and spend an extra 10 for the cigarette lighter cable which is a plug and play fit.

In my vantage I flip the parcel shelf back so I can see the lights through the rear window.

8Tech

2,136 posts

197 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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V8 Animal said:
Just get a Accumate or Optimate they all do the same job.
Agreed. Probably the best ones on the market. I use and supply them to the motor trade for keeping showroom and storage cars ready for use, as well as collectors of both cars and motorcycles.

bogie

16,344 posts

271 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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its a c-tek, not much difference between them really unless you have a lithium battery

think it was a £60 model about 8 years ago when first offered

the important thing is the end of the plug if you have boot plug, its easily changed anyway

amvvq

1 posts

119 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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Can anyone provide the definitive answer as to which model of ctek or other brands to use taking in to account the amphr rating of the battery. What are the critical factors to ensure reliable and adequate performance under all scenarios. Maximisation of profits by all participants in the supply chain seems to be the order of the day with this brand rather than technical excellence and value for money for it's besotted customers.

Jon1967x

7,178 posts

123 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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amvvq said:
Can anyone provide the definitive answer as to which model of ctek or other brands to use taking in to account the amphr rating of the battery. What are the critical factors to ensure reliable and adequate performance under all scenarios. Maximisation of profits by all participants in the supply chain seems to be the order of the day with this brand rather than technical excellence and value for money for it's besotted customers.
When I read up this before buying mine there wasn't a definitive answer as such more a strong preference. The CTEK ones seem to be the best brand and AM use a rebadged version. You need one that is a conditioner as well as just a trickle charger or charger as it will take care of any eventuality and then pick an amperage that will determine the charge time if the battery is low. The ctek ones are, probably all makes of them are now if you spend over £30, and after that the differences are pretty much just grunt.

The low amperage ones are fine for maintaining a healthy condition on a car but would take forever to charge a large battery from flat.

I ended up at the 5 Amp version as I was happy to pay an extra 10 over the one below (I think it was the 3amp which was pretty much the recommended starting point for car battery charging) as it gave more punch knowing the electronics in it would only use it when it was safe to do so. The next one up (7 amp?) seemed to be getting a lot more expensive and for cars a bit irrelevant. If I had a truck I might also use it on then I'd go for the 7.

That was my logic in the absence of any hard evidence to the contrary. I believe the aston one is the 3 amp version for 3x the price of the ctek branded version.