a 3.8amp charger would take well over a day to make sure a battery was in good nick! jeepers my ctek can take 24hours to pull the flat 90ah one in my FF upto scratch and its an MXS5 unit

from personal experience those small cheap chargers are only really good for small sub 1.6litre petrol cars or motorbikes really. FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
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Better than nothing though, if you've already got one or as a cheap spare.

True in that it's good as a topper upper or trickle charger if it supports it as long as you aren't running anything else in the car at the same time  FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
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^^ Thanks for the info, Martin. It's just to keep it topped up over winter and during the week is only used for short trips for Jnr Taxi Service

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Alistair wrote:

Yes - you can wire up a battery to the tow socket & then open the doors.

Obviously, the cabling is too thin to try starting the car, but at least it will let you unlock the cat to open the bonnet.

I have an old absaar charger, seems to work at charging things well enough, cant really justify 90 sheets on a nice shiny ctek.

like the idea of martins adaptor  There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Martin wrote:

Yes they do

You can also modify the charger's connector to make it non latching:

http://www.disco3.co.uk/wiki/Remove_lock_button_from_CTEK_plug

I’m just making one of these up. I include the wiring diagram for the 12S 7pin plug below. The grey 7 pin plugs are available on Amazon as is a 2.5M CTEK extension cable which can be modified/wired into the plug.

andyleeds wrote:

This probably sounds stupid but what does the other end plug into? The mains?