larsdowg Posted October 8, 2015 Posted October 8, 2015 (edited) Hi all, I have been using (as I already had one) an Optimate 4 to trickle charge my 350Z battery........... Is this wrong or should I be using an Optimate 5 ot 6?? I'm just confused looking at the models: http://www.optimate.co.uk/cg020001.htm Many thanks in advance for any help Lars Edited October 8, 2015 by larsdowg Quote
nixy Posted October 8, 2015 Posted October 8, 2015 I'd be interested to know this too as my car is about to go back in the garage for long periods of time until spring and after a couple of weeks or so it's usually flat. 1 Quote
Juggalo Posted October 8, 2015 Posted October 8, 2015 (edited) A 4 or 5 watt Solar powered trickle charger is ideal for storage. Just modify it to be mounted outside while the car is inside, that's all I did. And it's free. Edited October 8, 2015 by Juggalo Quote
larsdowg Posted October 27, 2015 Author Posted October 27, 2015 A guy at work who is well up on this stuff says, although it takes longer to charger the Optimate 4 is the one to get. I have since had this back on my car and it does the job brilliantly. I'm going to buy another Optimate 4 so I have one for the bike and car. Quote
Flex Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 Ctek for me.Great bit of kit. This is what I have, for bike and cars. Motorbike that is, would be silly to try and charge a push bike. 1 Quote
rabbitstew Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 Ive got an optimate on my R1 and then use £20 cheapie trickle chargers from LIDL/ALDI on my other toys. Not really noticed any difference for what I use. Quote
philw99 Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 I use ctek on mine.. Works great, leave it on charge most of the time. Quote
nixy Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 I use ctek on mine.. Works great, leave it on charge most of the time. which model do you use? 1 Quote
GreenLandy Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 I bought a CTEK MTS 5.0 the other week, great bit of kit. £59 on Amazon Quote
HaydnH Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 My cars in a secure underground car park with no sunlight or power so a trickle charger won't really work for me, so I've installed 1 of these: About a tenner and takes 2 seconds to undo the battery... just remember to lock the doors afterwards. 1 Quote
philw99 Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) I use ctek on mine.. Works great, leave it on charge most of the time. which model do you use? This is mine only a 3.6 version but does the job perfect Edited October 29, 2015 by philw99 1 Quote
Payco Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 I have the same one as above.Great bit of kit. 1 Quote
HEADPHONES Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) I just bought this AA branded one from Amazon http://www.amazon.co...battery charger £27.99 seemed like a reasonable price for an intelligent charger that would switch to trickle charge when full. From the reviews the only real is it's a bit slow/inefficient at recharging a totally flat battery. Hooked it up to the 4 yr old Kia Shortage. This gets used for a couple of 1hr round trips every weekend but still took 24hrs before the charger registered it as fully topped up. Primarily bought to top up a Mini and the Kia as these aren't used daily look the Zed is. Edited October 29, 2015 by HEADPHONES Quote
Jp606 Posted October 31, 2015 Posted October 31, 2015 My cars in a secure underground car park with no sunlight or power so a trickle charger won't really work for me, so I've installed 1 of these: About a tenner and takes 2 seconds to undo the battery... just remember to lock the doors afterwards. Where did you get these from? Quote
HaydnH Posted October 31, 2015 Posted October 31, 2015 Amazon Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk Quote
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