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trickle charging battery - CTEK 5.0

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trickle charging battery - CTEK 5.0

Post by samZ4M » Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:11 am

I took the Z to work on Friday, disconnected the charger, battery indicator was flashing green, went no problem. Drove it home again, started first time.

Went to use it Sun, light flashing orange, but it did start. Reading into it, we don't know the threshold, so is the green light only for 100%, so orange is fine? That'd not be a good indicator for me...

I'm going to leave it off, and see what it's like Fri (soonest I'll probably drive it). Maybe take some readings from the batt to see if it's not holding charge.

Next annoyance will be finding out if it's a drain or crap battery. I really don't want to spring for a new battery if something is causing a drain. Maybe I'll keep my eyes peeled for a good ECP code or similar and go with it.

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