Trickle Charger

[Payco]

After some advice please.

 

I am planning to garage my Z during the winter months. Can anyone recommend a trickle charger to keep the battery charged. Is there anything else to consider before putting her to bed for a few months.

 

Thanks All

 

Martin

[glrnet]

Depends how far you want to go with it all

 

http://www.techguys.ca/howto/winter.html

 

Make sure the charger is an automatic variety that will only charge when the car battery drops to a pre determined low voltage and then switched off again when the correct voltage has been reached.

 

Google really is your friend

[NeilMH]

A lot of Caterham owners used to use Optimate - I had one and it was great. I think the grown up version for bigger capacity batteries is Accumate.

[AFTERSHOX]

Personally I have the CTEK Multi XS 7000 which is an awesome bit of kit; charges everything I've thrown at it (including the battery on the 350z) and it does trickle charge; it works with most battery chemistry too [including Spiral Cell / AGM and GEL]. A mechanic told me about the CTEK stuff.

 

It's a fair chunk of change - but its worth it. I've used it to charge batteries that were almost 'dead' where other chargers wouldn't even touch it. It comes with croc clips and eyelets for leaving on the battery, but you can buy other add-ons - eg. leads with small battery level meters;

 

Quick search - and I have an earlier version of this one:-

 

http://www.theultimatefinish.co.uk/ctek/multi-mxs-7-0-12v-battery-charger-and-conditioner.aspx

 

Worth a look at the CTEK website - as they have lots of new models too. http://www.ctek.com/gb/en

 

Best price I've seen the new one is around £100;

[wizurd]

I can vouch for the ctek brand as well. Never needed one for a car but I use one for my bike and it's always worked without a hitch.

[Ken]

I use a CTEK MXS 3.6 it comes with M6 eyelets to leave connected to the battery, so when the Zed is not being used i just attach the charger plug to lead and switch on.

[Ian]

Another vote here for the CTEK

[Triumph]

CTEK every time. I replaced my original CTEK with another last year after I accidentally ran over the first one. Despite being squashed it turned out that it still worked, it was only a break in the cable that was the problem.

[kbeast35]

Has anyone here tried the solar powered trickle chargers?

[Iwantone]

Has anyone here tried the solar powered trickle chargers?

 

They work well on caravan leisure batteries.

[kbeast35]

Any good for the z though?

[Payco]

Hi Guys,

 

Thanks for all your advice as always. You have helped me with my decision.

 

Best Regards and Thanks

Martin

[HaydnH]

Has anyone here tried the solar powered trickle chargers?

 

They work well on caravan leisure batteries.

 

Has anyone tried them in places where there's not a lot of light? i.e: Semi-underground parking where there's a bit of ambient light but it's a bit dim? Surely as long as it got some power it would just have to trickle for longer?