Thread: CTEK charger...

I have had mine 2 or 3 weeks - same setup with the Disco 3 plug and I've got the MXS 5.0 too.

It took about a week with overnight connection before it finally showed the battery back up to scratch at level 7. I bought the setup as we do mostly very short trips and I was concerned about the effect this was having on the battery. I feel a lot better now that I can bring the battery up to scratch. I'm going to plug it in once a week to see how it goes and either use more often or less according to how it retains the charge.

Very easy to setup and use with the Disco3 plug.

Martin

I plugged mine in around lunchtime and the battery was up to level 7 by the next morning... I got my CTEK (plus a few other goodies) from this mob... https://www.autoelec.com.au/index.asp?_pic=0 in case anyone's interested
good prices and swift delivery.
cheers

You may require one of these for the steering wheel.

Originally Posted by LeighW

You may require one of these for the steering wheel.

That is why i have my C tek plug wired to the battery.

Difficult to drive off with the bonnet open......

Originally Posted by oldsalt

Used my new CTEK 5.0 charger yesterday, plus my new "plug" from the Disco 3 site, all worked a treat, very easy to use, just plug it in and walk away...
cheers

That's a great idea!

Some info here for those not familiar with the Disco3.co.uk site:

Charging through towing socket - DISCO3.CO.UK Knowledge Base

And a Ctek 2.5m extension cable too if required:
CTEK 56-304 | eBay

Originally Posted by LeighW

You may require one of these for the steering wheel.

My Disco3 plug came with a laminated orange sign with "Battery On Charge".

I put it in front of the main center info screen. Very hard to miss as you almost need sunglasses to look at it I thought it was a nice touch to include the sign.

Martin

Ditto...

I will be using the anderson plug on mine once I fit my Traxide gear,at least with this Traxide controler the CTEK will be able to charge the main once the low voltage cutout is deployed,couldnt do that on my D2 setup.
Andrew