Which CTEK charger?

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jamiez

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 SW London
My ///MC has been sleeping for around a month now and last night I checked in on her. But when I turned the ignition (car was unlocked) I got zero - nothing at all.

I presume the battery is dead sand since the car isn't going to be in daily use anymore, was wondering what CTEK charger is ideal based on your experiences? Some research suggested the 5.0 to be fine for the job?

Oh and will it charge my battery in its current state of does it need to be "healthy" to begin with?

Cheers
Jamie
 
Years ago i bought a cheapo from Makro, £8 - 00 it cost me and its done the job on the Z4 battery over winter for years!
It cycles the battery thro (from memory here - 60% - 85% charge)

Im not normally a fan of the buy cheap and buy twice but this time is worked :thumbsup:
 
5 here too, used every winter for conditioning the batteries in the D3 and A8. D3 battery is 8 years old now still (touch wood) doing fine.
 
abar121 said:
Don't bother, get a Lidl / Aldi £13 job. It's out lasted my CTEK now.
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They are good but there is the ctek snobbery to take into account :rofl:
I'm not a fan of buying cheap and normally buying twice but the lidl units do the business :thumbsup:
 
I have a C-Tek, a Lidl and 2 Halfords.

They all do the job well but the best are the Halfords ones as, after a power cut, they don't need to be re-set. The Lidl certainly does and, as the C-Tek works on a similar principle, I imagine does as well. That's fine, when your around, but if you leave the car unattended for 3 months, it's a bugger to come back and find your charger is in standby and doing nothing, and you have a flat battery.

Have to agree about the C-Tek snobbery but then I bought one in the past so must have been affected :lol: I believe Porsche sell a Porsche branded C-Tek for twice the regular price. That should make the "badge" boys feel really good.
 
My pet hate is the optimate / accumate rip-off. There is absolutely no reason why you would need to spend £150 plus on two units if you have a motorcycle and a car, normal batteries.

It's all marketing and both units should be flexible enough (like practically all the competition, CTEK, Lidl, Halfords, whatever), to put out the amps required for both.

People still buy them in droves though!
 
i use a draper one ( think its the same as the aldi ones..... honestly had it for 6 + years and its never missed a beat keeps the car perfectly topped up and cost around 20 quid i think... its nothin fancy but does the job very well!
 
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