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Battery charging/conditioning

Post by Aggie » Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:04 pm

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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Post by PerryGunn » Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:39 pm

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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Post by Bri-E » Thu Aug 09, 2018 6:50 pm

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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Post by WINNE1 » Thu Aug 09, 2018 8:38 pm

I have two CTEK MXS 5.0 chargers and you just plug and forget them!
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Post by ade and liz flint » Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:28 am

Bri-E wrote: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
This. You can safely scroll through them whilst it's connected to the battery. AGM is for 'Optima or Odyssey' battery types only.

Once a year at least, run the 'recon'. Do not just rely on the trickle to keep the battery healthy as the plates deteriorate and the 'recon' desulphates them.

Ditto to WINNE1; running 2 here. Brilliant. Resurrected a couple of 'dead' BMW batteries and returned to unlimited use using 'recon'.
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Post by brett » Fri Aug 10, 2018 8:39 am

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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