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Although the charger you have ordered is rated at 10 amps, the actual current drawn by your flat battery won't be anything near that. In my experience you might initially see 5 amps for a very short period but that will quickly reduce to about 3 amps. However, that's academic. Follow Jon's advice to use a second charged battery to enable you to unlock the doors. By the way, if your 260's battery is as depleted as you think it is, it probably won't respond to charging and will have to be replaced. Simon
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I'm glad to report the 260 is OK since I've started the habit of leaving it on a trickle charger. It's the ZTT that's thrown a wobbly Simon, but I suspect you're right about me possibly needing a new battery. It did run very flat during the first lockdown, but I've had no trouble since then until last Thursday. Reflecting on last week, I have to confess to using two heated electric seats and a front electric windscreen a few times on short trips, so this issue may all be self inflicted Going to install a trickle charger connector on the ZTT too when this is all sorted. |
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That sounds interesting Martin. I'd like to know more, can you post a link please?
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Hope this link works. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 |
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Because you would need the charger hanging off the back of your car for at least 24 hours to charge your battery.--My method will give instant access to the battery under the bonnet.--A much more sensible place to put the charger.
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There are two options for pin 9 permanent battery live.
I’ve plumped for pin 9 on the right as this is listed as a ‘Euroconnector’ I set up the V8 battery as a supply The voltage was 12.88 but I got no response from the fob. Now I have the CTEK 5 charging happily . Unfortunately I don’t know if I have chosen the correct pin or even if the socket is a fully functional socket. I may just be charging the V8 battery and no current going to the one I want to charge. Starting to think I may have to jack up the car and try car chassis and starter motor feed to access the battery. Oh for an easy external battery connection lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Last edited by edwardmk; 8th February 2021 at 12:48.. Reason: Extra information |
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The first diagram is labelled "front of socket" so yes, you have chosen the correct terminal.
The second diagram appears to show the front of the plug (which you don't have). Simon
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Whoops. Lol. Just had a partial result however. Put heavy duty leads on with the V8 & left running for 15 mins. Tried the fob. Nothing. Decided to remove the leads and noticed I had over 2v. So that must be a working pin 9. Put on the CTEK with the V8 battery in parallel and after about 10 mins an alarm came on. No response though when I use the key fob so I gave up charging and the alarm has now gone silent again. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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