On the car battery, are you disconnecting the nut(s) with a standard plastic wrench? When the nut nears the pointing of being totally unscrewed, can you finish unscrewing with your fingers?
Super basic, I know, but I don’t want to electrocute myself.
You don't need to remove the cables to fit the CTEK charger cable. Just undo each nut and connect the correct CTEK terminal one at a time, that's the way I did it. There are a few ways to route the cables, the positive (red) is the one that needs to be done carefully so that the plastic cover does not foul it. After that routing the cable into the boot bypassing the battery cover. I found having the cable coming out in the corner at the top the best.
VEry very interesting, thanks!!!!
If you think that is basic, I couldn't even get the plastic casing around battery off to access the nut to even start on the screws.On the car battery, are you disconnecting the nut(s) with a standard plastic wrench? When the nut nears the pointing of being totally unscrewed, can you finish unscrewing with your fingers?
Super basic, I know, but I don’t want to electrocute myself.
There are two latches on the front of the plastic casing that hold it into place. Once these are loosened (no tools required), the whole unit just pops off pretty easily in one piece.
The downside is that the cover is now connected to the battery, right?
There is a quick disconnect via pulling the two blade connectors. Very simple.
Done that last Friday; very easy install and the result is incredibly clean an neat, looks like almost OEM!
That is weird. Mine shows green even after not charging for a week. My battery is an antigravity lithium though.Done that last Friday; very easy install and the result is incredibly clean an neat, looks like almost OEM!
Thanks for sharing!
The only “issue” is that it shows an amber light even after only one day of parking and when I’ve installed it, it has been parked for two weeks before the job, it showed red light but….no problems at all with the battery in either cases! The car just turned on like a charm!
Weird
You might get an amber light after one day if the battery wasn't fully charged previously.Done that last Friday; very easy install and the result is incredibly clean an neat, looks like almost OEM!
Thanks for sharing!
The only “issue” is that it shows an amber light even after only one day of parking and when I’ve installed it, it has been parked for two weeks before the job, it showed red light but….no problems at all with the battery in either cases! The car just turned on like a charm!
Weird
So, using it for the first time today, a test prior to actually needing to use it in about 3 weeks time.
Do you have another car that you can try the charger on?
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