Fitting a battery conditioner... Do's and Don'ts

[squish]

Curious to see pics of the back (Amazon only shows front). I might order one for my tractor to test out and see if it's a clean enough DIY for the Emira. It would look slick sitting flush on the battery cover or trunk liner with nothing dangling about.

 

[Time2Fly]

That's the one, except without two meters of wire attached. So I think I need to get my own terminals and wire it up. Should be easy enough.

The plan is to attach it close enough to the battery door if not on it.

 

[scc.131.fe]

Thank you @squish !

 

[RJH888]

Went to check on it, unlocked without issue, all systems started properly and not even a hesitation when starting the engine! Also took the opportunity to confirm that you can start the car in Sport or Track by holding the start button with no pedals pressed for 5 seconds. Left the charger off for now, think it would easily last a few more weeks.

Thanks everyone for the interesting and helpful comments. I have a V6 FE Emira at my holiday place in Queensland Australia so it is parked in my basement garage for months while I am away. The dealer told me to just disconnect the battery leads - he says they just do that with their cars and have no issues. I did this when I was away for 3 months last year and it worked fine, but fiddly and nerve racking given what I have read about disconnecting batteries on modern cars. However no issues, no warning lights etc.

This trip I just left the car with battery connected. After 6 weeks no use the car fired up immediately which surprised me given my past cars (Cayman GTS4.0, 911 C2S, F88GTB) would not last this long without a battery conditioner.

I'm going to buy a CTEK charger so I've just ordered this magnetic connector which seems similar to the very nice system on the 488GTB:

HethelSport | Lotus Evora Specialty

Making great cars better: Aero•Performance•Parts•Accessories

hethelsport.com

Has anyone had experience with fitting this to an Emira?

Thanks again for all the great advice!

 

[Dlirium]

Thanks everyone for the interesting and helpful comments. I have a V6 FE Emira at my holiday place in Queensland Australia so it is parked in my basement garage for months while I am away. The dealer told me to just disconnect the battery leads - he says they just do that with their cars and have no issues. I did this when I was away for 3 months last year and it worked fine, but fiddly and nerve racking given what I have read about disconnecting batteries on modern cars. However no issues, no warning lights etc.

This trip I just left the car with battery connected. After 6 weeks no use the car fired up immediately which surprised me given my past cars (Cayman GTS4.0, 911 C2S, F88GTB) would not last this long without a battery conditioner.

I'm going to buy a CTEK charger so I've just ordered this magnetic connector which seems similar to the very nice system on the 488GTB:

HethelSport | Lotus Evora Specialty

Making great cars better: Aero•Performance•Parts•Accessories

hethelsport.com

Has anyone had experience with fitting this to an Emira?

Thanks again for all the great advice!

Exactly - this is really what I am looking to do as well, I just don’t want to be the first one

 

[robrmon]

Thanks everyone for the interesting and helpful comments. I have a V6 FE Emira at my holiday place in Queensland Australia so it is parked in my basement garage for months while I am away. The dealer told me to just disconnect the battery leads - he says they just do that with their cars and have no issues. I did this when I was away for 3 months last year and it worked fine, but fiddly and nerve racking given what I have read about disconnecting batteries on modern cars. However no issues, no warning lights etc.

This trip I just left the car with battery connected. After 6 weeks no use the car fired up immediately which surprised me given my past cars (Cayman GTS4.0, 911 C2S, F88GTB) would not last this long without a battery conditioner.

I'm going to buy a CTEK charger so I've just ordered this magnetic connector which seems similar to the very nice system on the 488GTB:

HethelSport | Lotus Evora Specialty

Making great cars better: Aero•Performance•Parts•Accessories

hethelsport.com

Has anyone had experience with fitting this to an Emira?

Thanks again for all the great advice!

I had two of these installed on my Evora with a CTEK, unfortunately both failed. For whatever reason, the magnetic ports corroded and when I thought the car was charging, it wasn’t properly, which led to me being stranded one time with an expensive tow, as the car entered limp mode. Maybe I was unlucky with this product, I’m not sure, perhaps it was where the mount was under the diffuser and susceptible to water (although it’s a dry day car only). While I like the product, I’m very wary.

 

[eEmira]

On an Emira, how is everyone fishing the wire from the battery to the outside of the car, to the trickle charger unit? My Evora's hatch panel gaps were pretty poor and left a big enough gap to run the wire out between the hatch and the quarter panel, but my Emira's gaps are much tighter, leaving no room to do it. Any ideas would be welcome!

 

[NigeT]

I've found there is enough space at the side of the hatch to feed the power cable out.

 

[Rapture]

That's the one, except without two meters of wire attached. So I think I need to get my own terminals and wire it up. Should be easy enough.

The plan is to attach it close enough to the battery door if not on it.

Did you install this, and if so, how did it work? Which part did you buy?

Thanks,

 

[GrahamClark_60-68]

The positive terminal can stay where it's at. You'll need to find a negative attachment point that's direct to the chassis of the car. I'm curious if the two screws at the bottom of the battery tray are attached to the metal chassis. You can check with a meter. If they are attached directly to a metal part of the body, one of the two screws would be a good spot.

Old thread I know @Nova but has anyone confirmed that one of those two screws at the bottom of the battery tray works for the negative attachment point? If not, any other suggestions? Because I'm not seeing any other easy alternatives to the going straight to the negative battery post. I honestly don't want to be throwing codes, or creating a potentially dangerous situation so I'm approaching this very carefully.

 

[virtualmacho]

Works fine.

 

[RyanGphoto]

Does anyone know if the 6mm eyelets fit? The Noco products only come with 6mm eyelets.. Not sure if these will fit.

Any one know?

Thanks
Ryan G

 

[virtualmacho]

Does anyone know if the 6mm eyelets fit? The Noco products only come with 6mm eyelets.. Not sure if these will fit.

Any one know?

Thanks
Ryan G

I think you will need 8mm eyelets, at least for the (+) side. Trickle charger cables aren't that thick, so standard crimping tools should do the job.

 

[RyanGphoto]

I think you will need 8mm eyelets, at least for the (+) side. Trickle charger cables aren't that thick, so standard crimping tools should do the job.

Not sure what you mean by standard crimping cables will do the trick... Do you mean to replace the 6mm ones with the 8mm ones?

I can attest that the 6mm eyelets DO NOT work.. They are a mm too small.. Why would a company do that?

Soo none of the Noco chargers will work, unless you get the optional ($$) 8mm eyelets..

I guess I am going to get a CTEK with the 8mm eyelets..

Ryan G

 

[virtualmacho]

Not sure what you mean by standard crimping cables will do the trick... Do you mean to replace the 6mm ones with the 8mm ones?

Yes, that is what I meant.

 

[RyanGphoto]

Yes, that is what I meant.

Got it.. I used the clamp style to try and get the Noco Genius 5 to charge and it is just cycling through the lights blinking and then goes into stand by mode.

I attached the negative clamp connector to the bottom bolts that are above and then the positive clamp connector to the nut on the positive terminal and the charger keeps going into stand by mode. I just had this charger working on my motorcycle so I know it works, but for the life of me can't get it to work now.

Ryan G

 

[FlyNavy01]

Not sure what you mean by standard crimping cables will do the trick... Do you mean to replace the 6mm ones with the 8mm ones?

I can attest that the 6mm eyelets DO NOT work.. They are a mm too small.. Why would a company do that?

Soo none of the Noco chargers will work, unless you get the optional ($$) 8mm eyelets..

I guess I am going to get a CTEK with the 8mm eyelets..

Ryan G

Why would you buy an entire new charger instead of a fraction of the cost on bigger eyelets? I use these M10 eyelets with my Noco 5 and they work fine.

 

[RyanGphoto]

Why would you buy an entire new charger instead of a fraction of the cost on bigger eyelets? I use these M10 eyelets with my Noco 5 and they work fine.

Because I need 2 chargers regardless, one for the Emira and one for the motorcycle and my dealership is back ordered on the battery tender that is supposed to come with the car.

I just ordered the bigger eyelets so we will see what that does, although I doubt it will work anyway..

Ryan G

 

[stone997]

Thanks all for the do and don't from the previous thread.

Hope the following info can help other to install. Happy charing !!

I've modified the battery cover case to create more space for the wire and connected with "NOCO GC008 X-Connect M10 XL Eyelet Terminal Accessory Genius Smart Battery Chargers" to the "NOCO GENIUS1, 1A Smart Car Battery Charger"

* NOCO GC008 X-Connect M10 XL Eyelet
amazon /dp/B004LWWNLC

* NOCO GENIUS1, 1A Smart Car Battery Charger
amazon /dp/B07W46BX31

 

[RyanGphoto]

That's basically exactly what I did.. I got the larger eyelets and they worked after connecting them to the battery. I will have to make that NOTCH out of the battery cover.. Thanks for showing that. Nicely done!

Ryan G