After only four years is unlikely that your car needs a new battery. I get the low battery thing whenever I sit in the car for ten minutes with the radio going but it turns over on the starter very fast.
As for charging, you don't need to disconnect the battery. I run an extension lead up to and under the bonnet and sit the Optimate on top of the engine cover and then close the bonnet to keep it all dry. MY13 Santorini Black SD4 HSE

Agree with all above, don't need to remove battery to charge it. As for removing, not difficult just heavy . Now at the point when I learn something new something old is lost out the other side !
Now retired so it doesn't matter anymore.
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BothyBob wrote:

I recently bought a CTEK 5 charger as my car is spending most of it's time in the garage at present due to illness, I plug the charger into the permanent socket in the boot

Is the CTEK 5 one to go for as it seems spoken about several times , they have a 7 and 10 obviously more money but can't see what more you get for your buck ?

Also when you say "permanent socket in the boot" what are you actually referring to ?

Just had AA out to start car, had a 6-month old battery(which was fitted by them previously) totally dead admittedly probably had a period of 3 - weeks when I hadn't driven car but was gutted that battery was totally dead. AA man said there may be some 'software update' my car had missed , anyway of me being able to check this myself or is it only possible thru / pay dealer to check ? Thank you.

I put in a new battery before I went on holiday. Was in some remote places in the Flinders Ranges South Australia, no mobile access & did not see any cars or people while we were in the remote areas. Did not want to get stuck before the temperature went back to 50°C!

http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic30002-15.html Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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Ori wrote:

Is the CTEK 5 one to go for as it seems spoken about several times , they have a 7 and 10 obviously more money but can't see what more you get for your buck ?

Also when you say "permanent socket in the boot" what are you actually referring to ?

Just had AA out to start car, had a 6-month old battery(which was fitted by them previously) totally dead admittedly probably had a period of 3 - weeks when I hadn't driven car but was gutted that battery was totally dead. AA man said there may be some 'software update' my car had missed , anyway of me being able to check this myself or is it only possible thru / pay dealer to check ? Thank you.

Ori, just a thought, but are you sure that the AA sold you the correct battery? Putting a standard battery in a system designed for charging a GSM battery will apparently knacker the battery pretty quickly. 2005 D3 2.7 Auto
Previously:
2010 MY FL2 TD4e GS - Now gone at 199,500 miles, about 135,000 of them mine.
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel