Solar battery charger

Status · Post by **Status** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 7:06 am

As it says on the tin,looking for recommendations as no power in garage ,also is it wise not to use the ones that plug into the ciggy lighter

NickDE · Post by **NickDE** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 9:10 am

I use one on my E46 which has an ability to drain it's battery in two weeks. I use a ciggy lighter one, just unplug it before starting the engine.
Go for a larger, more powerful, more expensive one.

tomoz4white · Post by **tomoz4white** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 10:28 am

A friend of mine with a Audi TT (yes he likes hairdressing) uses a Solar Powered pack and says it works a treat.

Not sure how much he paid for it but can find out if you are interested.

Status · Post by **Status** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 10:48 am

Cheers Tomoz that would be good,you get wot you pay for seen some cheap ones but recommendations always welcome

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 11:59 am

tomoz4white wrote: ↑Sat Oct 27, 2018 10:28 am A friend of mine with a Audi TT (yes he likes hairdressing)

A man who drives a white Z4 roadster actually wrote this.

Get that wing fitted at once.

Status · Post by **Status** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 12:26 pm

My mate DARREN who is on here has the hairdressers version,when I met him years ago he had loadsa hair like me after suffering the hairdressers car his hair is falling out so it just goes to prove that convertibles make yer hair fall out,eventually

tomoz4white · Post by **tomoz4white** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 8:48 pm

buzyg wrote: ↑Sat Oct 27, 2018 11:59 am
tomoz4white wrote: ↑Sat Oct 27, 2018 10:28 am A friend of mine with a Audi TT (yes he likes hairdressing)
A man who drives a white Z4 roadster actually wrote this.
Get that wing fitted at once.

His TT isn't white so maybe he is "less hair dressy" than most Z4 drives afterall!

kis · Post by **kis** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 10:18 pm

I bought one from the AA Essentials range. Plugged into the OBD port. Don’t know if it works or not? Still in the testing phase and recently the battery died again, so seemly doesn’t. Possibly just the connection? Again still in the testing phase.

So I’ve got another one on order which charges through the ciggy port and is supposed to be a heavy duty one. So let’s see how this one fairs!

Interested if someone has one which defo works, robust, etc.

Status · Post by **Status** » Sun Oct 28, 2018 1:09 pm

Read that someone used the ciggy lighter port and it blew a fuse

BeeEmm · Post by **BeeEmm** » Sun Oct 28, 2018 2:15 pm

buzyg wrote: ↑Sat Oct 27, 2018 11:59 am tomoz4white wrote: ↑27 Oct 2018 10:28
A friend of mine with a Audi TT (yes he likes hairdressing)
A man who drives a white Z4 roadster actually wrote this.
Get that wing fitted at once.

I believe that having a roadster is enough to qualify. The colour is irrelevant.

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:38 pm

BeeEmm wrote: ↑Sun Oct 28, 2018 2:15 pm
buzyg wrote: ↑Sat Oct 27, 2018 11:59 am tomoz4white wrote: ↑27 Oct 2018 10:28
A friend of mine with a Audi TT (yes he likes hairdressing)
A man who drives a white Z4 roadster actually wrote this.
Get that wing fitted at once.
I believe that having a roadster is enough to qualify. The colour is irrelevant.

I believe simply owning a Zed is ample to qualify.

tomoz4white · Post by **tomoz4white** » Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:57 am

My TT Friend (yeh the one with the hair dryer - lol) said he purchased his from Maplins but it was similar to this:-

https://www.care4car.com/12-volt-electr ... 9a8_ZP7SM8

He said it works a treat although he did rig it to the battery and doesn't use the Ciggy Socket.

Hope that helps

Tomo

Smartbear · Post by **Smartbear** » Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:46 am

tomoz4white wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:57 am My TT Friend (yeh the one with the hair dryer - lol) said he purchased his from Maplins but it was similar to this:-

https://www.care4car.com/12-volt-electr ... 9a8_ZP7SM8

He said it works a treat although he did rig it to the battery and doesn't use the Ciggy Socket.

Hope that helps

Tomo

I’ve got one of those from maplins, obviously not as good as a mains powered unit but I plug it into my 125cc Suzuki and it seems to keep that happy

Rob

kis · Post by **kis** » Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:50 am

Are there any issues with using the ciggy port?

Usel · Post by **Usel** » Mon Oct 29, 2018 10:26 am

kis wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:50 am Are there any issues with using the ciggy port?

For the past 15 years I have looked after a large car collection and I charge all the cars on a trickle charger using the lighter sockets.
The chargers only pump out up to 3a and never had a problem. I can't see a solar panel putting out more than that so should be ok.

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