peter richards Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 just going over to Halfords ive got a trade card so ill get 20% off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplavery Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I've just been out and checked my Range Rover and all appears to be fine, been plugged into the ctek for over 2 weeks now Mine been a over a month and its a old battery which ideally needs replacing so be turning mine off from Delboys comment lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 just going over to Halfords ive got a trade card so ill get 20% off Check what size the eyelits are, mine came with only 8 mm diameter hole so had to buy the larger size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 ok dunk will do just went over but not in stock , so ill order from the website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 ordered it dunk but didn't have any option on the lug size , ill only be using the croc clips anyway , good deal at £53 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delboy52 Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Mine been a over a month and its a old battery which ideally needs replacing so be turning mine off from Delboys comment lol I've looked into how this happened to mine and a guy on Pistonheads had the same thing happen. Thread I didn't notice part of the instructions on the CTEK charger and that probably contributed to the demise of my battery. If running an Optima or Odyssey dry cell battery the charger needs to be in option 3 AGM mode. This will fast charge the battery and allow it to discharge some before charging up again, preventing prolonged heat build up which these battery types hate in particular. Attached a pic from the CTEK 5.0 manual. Full instructions here Have replaced the busted battery with 2 of the same brand and type for a larger charge capacity wired in parrallel, and will use the same CTEK charger as before, as it's very good. This time it'll be in AGM mode for this type of battery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplavery Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 I've looked into how this happened to mine and a guy on Pistonheads had the same thing happen. Thread I didn't notice part of the instructions on the CTEK charger and that probably contributed to the demise of my battery. If running an Optima or Odyssey dry cell battery the charger needs to be in option 3 AGM mode. This will fast charge the battery and allow it to discharge some before charging up again, preventing prolonged heat build up which these battery types hate in particular. Attached a pic from the CTEK 5.0 manual. Full instructions here Have replaced the busted battery with 2 of the same brand and type for a larger charge capacity wired in parrallel, and will use the same CTEK charger as before, as it's very good. This time it'll be in AGM mode for this type of battery Oh I see that's a bit of relief then !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 just arrived , thanks for the advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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