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Stubbenoldgit Member Since: 15 Nov 2012 Location: Worcestershire Posts: 146 |
Sorry, wrong forum I guess, must have been reading a battery charging thread in here. Please move it mods. Apologies. |
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31st Dec 2013 5:27 pm |
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stevep999 Member Since: 07 Sep 2013 Location: Essex Posts: 198 |
Sounds interesting...... Link? |
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31st Dec 2013 9:11 pm |
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seagull1 Member Since: 23 Jan 2011 Location: Loughborough Posts: 326 |
I had one of those traffic light socets fitted to my FL2 and it always showed low ie red, so fitted the standard socket.
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31st Dec 2013 9:52 pm |
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scrimple Member Since: 07 May 2010 Location: Allington Posts: 317 |
Have you tried it plugged into the rearmost of the two centre console sockets?
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31st Dec 2013 11:44 pm |
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seagull1 Member Since: 23 Jan 2011 Location: Loughborough Posts: 326 |
mine was connected at the battery and still showed low
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1st Jan 2014 1:57 am |
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alex_pescaru Member Since: 12 Mar 2009 Location: RO Posts: 4642 |
I believe you forget something...
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1st Jan 2014 10:46 am |
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Rob. Member Since: 02 Aug 2012 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 27 |
You also ideally need to leave it connected for 24/36 hours for it to do its full work.
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2nd Jan 2014 11:33 am |
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Stubbenoldgit Member Since: 15 Nov 2012 Location: Worcestershire Posts: 146 |
Thanks for the comments and thoughts.
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2nd Jan 2014 4:45 pm |
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Stubbenoldgit Member Since: 15 Nov 2012 Location: Worcestershire Posts: 146 |
Just to close this out.
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8th Jan 2014 5:59 pm |
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DirtyDuck Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Wessex Posts: 192 |
This is correct - opening a car loads the battery and it drops off it's float voltage. Happens on my 5-series. In essence in a modern car, those indicators are virtually useless as the load on a battery just with teh car opened is quite high - it's all pumped up ready to go and draws quite a but of current. Battery off float, volt drops in cables etc. I rarely see green, even with a new battery and just parked for one night. The indicators are a waste of time basically, and sadly, as the idea is sound in principle. Last edited by DirtyDuck on 3rd Oct 2017 12:57 pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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17th Sep 2017 8:09 pm |
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JulesK Member Since: 07 Dec 2014 Location: Ceredigion. Posts: 1664 |
Hi DirtyDuck, Are you saying the C TEK are a waste of time or just the indicator part as I was looking at getting one after having my fingers burnt with last FL2 ?
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3rd Oct 2017 8:39 am |
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DirtyDuck Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Wessex Posts: 192 |
CTEK chargers are good, but there are two cautionary points
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3rd Oct 2017 9:07 am |
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DirtyDuck Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Wessex Posts: 192 |
Jules,
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3rd Oct 2017 9:12 am |
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JulesK Member Since: 07 Dec 2014 Location: Ceredigion. Posts: 1664 |
Well, many thanks for taking the time to type all that out and things a lot clearer now.
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3rd Oct 2017 11:47 am |
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