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Trickle chargers - advice please
So...much as I still love my S8 (and my Fiat Coupe ), neither gets daily use these days, so I really need to invest in a trickle charger, and it needs to be one that I can connect and forget.
The CTEK MXS 5.0 seems like a good balance between cost and value/functionality - opinions please? Cheers!
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I have 3 of them. If one dies I'll buy another so a reccomended from me
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i have 2 of the same
very good indeed and it also charges the new AGM batteries
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Also for CTEK from me. I have the MXS 10 which gets worked pretty hard keeping the fleet charged
The fixed battery monitor socket is very handy for trickle charging. I install them in the fuse panel cover on the right of the boot in D2s so handy to get to, and no permanent hole if you want to remove it later - just replace the cover. I think there's a pic near the end of Vera's 'What's in the workshop thread'. |
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Ive got a couple of CTEK MXS 5.0's and they are brilliant, I also recommend investing in the CTEK Comfort indicator panel which has a traffic light system showing red for needs charge, orange for charge soon and green for all ok - I would fit one in each car and it saves you haveing to take all the gubbins off to get to the battery etc and means the CTEK charger just plugs straight in!
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I have the CTEK 7.0 and it has never let me down
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