Hard wiring battery conditioner

[davedavies]

I am looking to hard wire a battery conditioner into my Chim.
Unfortunatley, it lives outside on the drive so running a wire isn't that easy.

A few posts have mentioned running a wire through the velcro fixing at the front of the roof but I'm not too keen on this idea.

Can anyone give me any alternatives, the charger is currently in the boot but dont want to run wire over the seal for long periods of time.

I would prefer leaving it in the boot but it is not essential.
One alternative was totally remove it from the car, fit a short fly lead to the main alternator terminal and just plug in when parked up and run wire past radiator and out above number plate area - any thoughts?

Many thanks
Dave.

[T_Pot]

You will have to excuse me for this reply, as this is the first thought that hit me when i read this.


What about wiring a water proof caravan style socket under the back of the car, fixed into place securely, then all you do is hook up your lead when needed as you would a mains supply to a caravan. the socket the remainder of the time, would be under the car, so unseen. water proof, so not troubled by water spray and dirt etc as it has a flap over it. ?

[davedavies]

Thanks for the idea T Pot.
This was along the lines I had considered but wasn't too sure what was available.

I will have a traul through the caravan lines to see what sort of size the connections you mention are.

Thanks again,
Dave.

[2OOM]

I have an optimate charger that I use for the tvr and my bike.I have leads that You can get as an extra, that have a socket for the charger and thay are permanently wired to the batteries of both.They have a waterproof rubber cover around the socket on them.The bike lives outside and when I want to give the battery a top up I just plug it into the charger.The tvr is in the garage so it not a problem connecting up.
The leads could be extended to run to the grill on the tvr.I have a feeling they do an extension lead as well.

[Ribol]

Might be a daft idea but anyone tried one of these:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=98358...

Probably not the ideal solution but if you don't have a car cover it is cheap enough to try and fling if it doesn't do the job.

[2OOM]

Might be a daft idea but anyone tried one of these:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=98358...

Probably not the ideal solution but if you don't have a car cover it is cheap enough to try and fling if it doesn't do the job.


I bought one for my dad a few years ago and I saw it on his dash a few times but he still needed the battery charger....so I don't think it was that effective..

[Ribol]

2OOM said:

I bought one for my dad a few years ago and I saw it on his dash a few times but he still needed the battery charger....so I don't think it was that effective..

A mate of mine has a BMW bike that would not start if left unused for a few weeks(alarm drain). He put one of these panels on the outside of his shed, plugged it into a cig lighter type socket - problem solved.
I know they don't have 072 batteries on bikes but it only needs to make up the power that drains away very slowly, not actually charge up a flat battery.