My plan is to not wash the wheels and cover them up when washing the body work to avoid water getting onto discs.
EPB in off position too  Gone to a good home: 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
2025MY Defender D350 90 in Silicon Silver on coils
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
Many, many other Landies over the years
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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One of these days JLR will wake up to the idea of a solar charger panel instead of the glass roof panel, particularly for hybrid/ electric cars to keep the batteries topped up.
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V reg 2.5td P38 Rioja red 1999- 2006
53 reg td6 Vogue Oslo blue 2006- 2015
11 reg 4.4 TdV8 Vogue SE. Baltic blue 2015- date.
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hi all

just reading your post re laying up our vehicles.
some of you mention CTEK chargers, i have a optima 6.

do i need to disconect the battery to use one of these or leave it connected?

any help appreciated.

i also put new road tax on at beging of March  2011 5ltr V8 SC stornoway grey, ebony & ivory seats
4.2 SC KAHN (sold)
defender 110 SX 2.4 puma (sold)

Leave it connected is fine.
If you have tow-bar electrics, many of use a modified plug [available shop t'shop] that that goes from the charger through the tow-bar electrics & saves wires dangling in/through the bonnet.
Optima 6, IRC, is up to 100 amp hr so you'll be fine.

Hope this helps. 2012 Orkney Grey Westminster 4.4TDV8 with Ivory interior.........nice!
Alfa Romeo Giulietta
Just one Montesa now, 349 White Wonder
Austin A40 Farina MK2
1975 Morris Marina 1.8TC
1973 Honda CB250 K4

John wrote:

hi all

just reading your post re laying up our vehicles.
some of you mention CTEK chargers, i have a optima 6.

do i need to disconect the battery to use one of these or leave it connected?

any help appreciated.

i also put new road tax on at beging of March

https://www.disco4.com/shop/tow-electrics-...c-p45.html
Click on the drop down in the "charger" box. Select Optimate. Select plug choice in "Plug" - 7 or 13pin
 Gone to a good home: 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
2025MY Defender D350 90 in Silicon Silver on coils
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
Many, many other Landies over the years
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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great, thanks for your reply

i was hoping i could charge through the cigaret lighter but they arnt live with the car locked.
will get the charger on tonight.
i might SORN as well 2011 5ltr V8 SC stornoway grey, ebony & ivory seats
4.2 SC KAHN (sold)
defender 110 SX 2.4 puma (sold)

DrRob wrote:

John wrote:

hi all

just reading your post re laying up our vehicles.
some of you mention CTEK chargers, i have a optima 6.

do i need to disconect the battery to use one of these or leave it connected?

any help appreciated.

i also put new road tax on at beging of March

https://www.disco4.com/shop/tow-electrics-...c-p45.html
Click on the drop down in the "charger" box. Select Optimate. Select plug choice in "Plug" - 7 or 13pin

 2011 5ltr V8 SC stornoway grey, ebony & ivory seats
4.2 SC KAHN (sold)
defender 110 SX 2.4 puma (sold)

If you haven't got tow-bar electrics, there's no reason why you couldn't run a cable from the battery down to the corner of the grill & wire up you're Optima connector there, it'll be discreet enough & again, means you can charge with the vehicle locked safely.
As Dr Rob says, look on the shop. There's also a 13 pin adaptor as well, I bought one of these, really well made as well. 2012 Orkney Grey Westminster 4.4TDV8 with Ivory interior.........nice!
Alfa Romeo Giulietta
Just one Montesa now, 349 White Wonder
Austin A40 Farina MK2
1975 Morris Marina 1.8TC
1973 Honda CB250 K4

thanks Guys

i like the idea of running a connector to the front grill. i might do that. 2011 5ltr V8 SC stornoway grey, ebony & ivory seats
4.2 SC KAHN (sold)
defender 110 SX 2.4 puma (sold)

If it is easier to connect to the rear , because you drive into the garage, rather than reversing in....
My CTEK lead is connected directly to the main battery feed to the rear fuse box.
It passes out in the corner of the lower tailgate, and is not trapped.

I was wondering given the suggestion above if I should reverse or drive into my garage

John wrote:

thanks Guys

i like the idea of running a connector to the front grill. i might do that.

Some of the Disco lads have their Ctek connectors from battery tucked under the back edge of the bonnet on the scuttle. They then just pull it out a little and then connect up the Ctek. The Ctek chargers come with a lead with eyelets on one end and the Ctek connector plug on the other. Another option  Gone to a good home: 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
2025MY Defender D350 90 in Silicon Silver on coils
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
Many, many other Landies over the years
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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Cam-Tech-Craig wrote:

Guys just a quick note to remember...

If you wash your car? You will get rusty brakes :

As long as you're using them, brake discs dry out & the pads remove any small amount of surface rust.

When you leave a car standing, the corrosion on the discs increases and needs to run to allow the pads to remove that surface rust.

Leave it too long & the corrosion can make it difficult to move as they discs kind of seize to the pads.

I have my CTEK MXS 7.0 connected to the car via the boot cigarette power socket - seems to work fine. I think this one is live when the ignition is switched off and the car locked.

fanders