10th November 2018, 12:11 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Belgrave, Australia
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CTek in general are a great brand in chargers. Recommended by me.
Disagree with the sentiments with regards to leaving chargers connected to batteries.
Where the charger is a smart charger with a maintenance function, it is designed precisely to remain connected to a battery for a prolonged period. In the case of 0.8a chargers, that is exactly and precisely what they are designed to do, as they are insufficient for any other purpose.
Car charging systems do this as a matter of course. The recharge from a normal start is recovered in about 5-10 mins of driving, the alternator then runs the car and maintains the battery.
What kills starter batteries is deep cycling, which maintenance charging protects against.
However, old 'dumb' chargers will damage batteries if they are left connected.
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Marty
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Current:
2001 Audi S8 - Brilliant Black with Black interior, C5 RS6 rims (whenever I actually put them on...), Solar Sunroof, Tinted side and rear glass, RNS-D, Grom, Bose, clunky old phone in arm rest!
2002 Audi S8 - Project
Replacement head coming arrived  thanks to MJ
Silver with Black interior. All features as the '01, with the 'S' mode auto shifter. Dodgey rear tint (need to find a way to get rid of that).
Family:
2009 Volvo XC90 V8 R Design - has a louder more obnoxious exhaust than the S8, sounds great! Love this thing - Q7 was double the price, and certainly not double the car!
Sold:
1997 Audi A4 - Hamilton's Club Sport, Achat Grey (will miss the old girl)
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