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A lot of owners, myself included, put a battery charger on the battery every two weeks or so. Some use the jumper terminals under the bonnet but this requires the bonnet to be open. My first battery was replaced under warranty because it had gone flat and wouldn't charge.
If you have an Anderson plug on the rear for a trailer that is not connected via an isolator - as is my case, directly to the starter battery via a fuse - you can easily charge through that. Some have used a 12 pin trailer plug with the charger connected to the earth and constantly live 12 Volt pins.
In my case, I simply soldered a short length of 6B&S cable to an Anderson plug and left the ends of the cables bare and then tinned them. I simply plug the alligator clips of the charger to the cable ends and plug the Anderson plug in to the car.
Works for me! I find if I double lock - press the locking button on the remote twice - the battery stays charged longer as it shuts down the computers in the car better. I have a Voltage monitor on the starter battery and the readout is quite interesting. The battery will stay at 100% SOC for a while, then drop in big steps suddenly.
I find it bizarre, but I assume it is computers turning on and doing checks. You can see where I plugged the charger in on the evening of the 1st. The 29th was a short drive to the supermarket.
Cheers from Lockdown
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