Trickle Chargers
Discussion
If you're going to let the car stand for two weeks or more then it's worth it. I had a 111s and a 111r and ran them as daily drives. When I went on holiday for a fortnight they were fine when I cam back. The problem only came with the exige as it is not the daily drive. It's run down once; trickle charge purchased a day later.
Zebra
Zebra
As Justin says. mine lasted about 5 years from manufacture- so it packed in around 2003- 2004.
Got a replacement from Costco- it's only an astra battery after all iirc.Cosco were also selling some battery conditioners at a decent price last time I went in. (Leeds)
But having said that, I haven't used my conditioner since the new battery- it all depends on how often you use the car. For me that is sometimes only once a week.
Cheers, Dunx.
Got a replacement from Costco- it's only an astra battery after all iirc.Cosco were also selling some battery conditioners at a decent price last time I went in. (Leeds)
But having said that, I haven't used my conditioner since the new battery- it all depends on how often you use the car. For me that is sometimes only once a week.
Cheers, Dunx.
zebra said:
If you're going to let the car stand for two weeks or more then it's worth it. I had a 111s and a 111r and ran them as daily drives. When I went on holiday for a fortnight they were fine when I cam back. The problem only came with the exige as it is not the daily drive. It's run down once; trickle charge purchased a day later.
Zebra
On the subject of batteries, how hard is it to change one? Zebra
ToadHall said:
zebra said:
If you're going to let the car stand for two weeks or more then it's worth it. I had a 111s and a 111r and ran them as daily drives. When I went on holiday for a fortnight they were fine when I cam back. The problem only came with the exige as it is not the daily drive. It's run down once; trickle charge purchased a day later.
Zebra
On the subject of batteries, how hard is it to change one? Zebra
http://wiki.seloc.org/a/Battery
Should answer most questions,
( took me half an hour- and i'm no mechanical genious )
great site if you don't already know about it
http://wiki.seloc.org/a/SELOC_TechWiki
hope it helps,
Dunx.
Should answer most questions,
( took me half an hour- and i'm no mechanical genious )
great site if you don't already know about it
http://wiki.seloc.org/a/SELOC_TechWiki
hope it helps,
Dunx.
Edited by dunxS1 on Sunday 19th April 22:27
Halfords (I know!) sell a charger and conditioner in one for about £40.
The problem with trickle chargers is that they often don't do a very good job if you let the battery get almost or completely flat so a proper charger can be useful. We leave one of the Halford's jobbies hooked up to our Horse Box and I pinch it occasionally to top up the Elise if its off the road for any reason but as my car is normally in fairly regular use (weekly at least) then the battery looks after itself pretty well. Remember that flattening your battery won't do it a lot of good.
Cetrek make a good range of chargers/conditoners and there's always Optimate as well.
Changing the battery on an S1 isn't difficult (in theory) just a PITA (back actually) and awkward. Most people reckon the battery difficult to remove but I find that easy: its fiddling the bloody thing back in thats awkward.
The problem with trickle chargers is that they often don't do a very good job if you let the battery get almost or completely flat so a proper charger can be useful. We leave one of the Halford's jobbies hooked up to our Horse Box and I pinch it occasionally to top up the Elise if its off the road for any reason but as my car is normally in fairly regular use (weekly at least) then the battery looks after itself pretty well. Remember that flattening your battery won't do it a lot of good.
Cetrek make a good range of chargers/conditoners and there's always Optimate as well.
Changing the battery on an S1 isn't difficult (in theory) just a PITA (back actually) and awkward. Most people reckon the battery difficult to remove but I find that easy: its fiddling the bloody thing back in thats awkward.
Ii previously had the Halfords job - was OK but never completely trusted it.
No have a Ctek unit - tiny but seems to work well.
Best thing about it is that it came not only with a standard set of clips but also a additional piece of wiring that allows you to wire to the battery terminals. Plugging in is then easy and avoids having to remove battery covers etc
No have a Ctek unit - tiny but seems to work well.
Best thing about it is that it came not only with a standard set of clips but also a additional piece of wiring that allows you to wire to the battery terminals. Plugging in is then easy and avoids having to remove battery covers etc
Stitch said:
Plugging in is then easy and avoids having to remove battery covers etc
+1 to that.I have a little port that clips into the trickle charger from the battery, then it's just a simple case of plugging in when I need it. Only gets used if the car is going to sit for longer than a week.
Zebra
zebra said:
Stitch said:
Plugging in is then easy and avoids having to remove battery covers etc
+1 to that.I have a little port that clips into the trickle charger from the battery, then it's just a simple case of plugging in when I need it. Only gets used if the car is going to sit for longer than a week.
Zebra
we've got an Accumate fitted to ours, got it hardwired so just need to plug it in
http://www.eliseparts.com/products.php?product=244
http://www.eliseparts.com/products.php?product=244
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