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[Aggie]

Hi All

It's nearly time to SORN my car for the winter months. I've just received my new CTEK MXS 5.0 charger. I understand that these can be used for trickle charging the battery whilst the car is stored for long periods. I've looked in the manual and it isn't very clear as to which mode i need to select for looking after the battery whilst the car is in the garage. Does anyone have one of these units? If so, what mode are you using to keep your battery conditioned whilst the car is off the road?? Many thanks.
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Lee Agutter
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[E24man]

Sorry, can't help as I've always used Accumate; plug and play with no modes to confuse you.
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E24man

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[PerryGunn]

I've got the MSX 7 but you should just need to leave it on 'normal' (on the MSX 5, I think that's the car symbol) - once it's fully charged it will then switch to a pulse mode where it monitors the battery and tops it up whenever it drops below (something like) 90%

There is a 'cold weather' mode (snowflake) but I believe that you only need to select that if you're charging a more depleted battery in temperatures <5C
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[Bri-E]

Depends what battery type you have, use the mode button to show car or AGM

Connect then forget, after fully charging it goes into 8 a maintenance cycle
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Bri-E




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[WINNE1]

I have two CTEK MXS 5.0 chargers and you just plug and forget them!
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[brett]

another vote for ctek,, they are great I have a mxs 25, I have twin Bosh agm's

on my B10 a varta agm on both my one series and caddy van, both of these as most modern cars with start stop technology have agm for its ability to store and recharge quickly
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