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goodfella

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Which C-TEK Battery Charger??

Hi,

Battery was rather laboured this morning and came up with some faults, which cleared themselves. Not had any other battery problems so intend to invest in a C-TEK charger this afternoon but not sure which one I need. I can get either the -

XS800 for £40 or the XS3600 for £60. Would the cheaper one be ok for the D3 or not. I see 12v and info on Amps and suddenly I go blank.

Any help appreciated.

http://www.ctek.com/EN-GB/Buy-Charger.aspx?charger=xs800

http://www.ctek.com/EN-GB/Buy-Charger.aspx?charger=mxs3600 Badda bing.......How you doin'?

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21st Dec 2009 1:28 pm

alanwxr

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Trouble is that this cold weather shows up the batteries faults, certainly if it's on it's way out.

Mine was similar, so invested in a new battery. Perfect since.

21st Dec 2009 1:34 pm

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Go for the 3600 as it has other features the 800 doesn't. Although the 800 is fine for the Amp of the D3 battery (85 Amp battery ISTR)

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21st Dec 2009 1:35 pm

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Go for the Multi XS 25000

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21st Dec 2009 1:41 pm

goodfella

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Forgot to mention that money is an object Slimer

Thanks though

In the past I would normally just buy a new battery but I've read great things on here about CTEK chargers and with having more than one car in the household I'll hopefully get multiple benefits from having a good charger rather than just sorting the D3 out, especially if SWMBO's Beemer has similar problems over the winter as I'll be able to stay in her good books rather than being called a selfish B

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21st Dec 2009 1:49 pm

PaulP

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I've also been looking at buying a CTek recently, but the XS25000 is a bit more than I wanted to spend....

Is there any reason to justify getting it over, say the XS 7000 ?

Prices:
XS 7000: 140 EUR
XS 25000: 250 EUR

I want to use it for both the D3 and another car, an optima yellow top and a marine battery. 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
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21st Dec 2009 2:24 pm

DiscoDunc

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ive got a couple of these

http://www.ctek.com/EN-GB/Buy-Charger.aspx?charger=zafir90

absolutly fine for charging the main battery.

also recovered a completly flat main battery and flat Optima yellow top

Paid £14 from Costco

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21st Dec 2009 2:31 pm

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The number refers to the current rating of the charger (in milliamps), so a XS25000 is 25A, and XS7000 a 7A charger.

What this really means is that a XS7000 will take longer to charge than an XS25000.

An XS800 is mainly designed to keep a "toy" car trickle charged. Not heard of the Zafir before, but again they look like mainly trickle or occasional use chargers (low current). If you did really get a genuine Zafir 90 for £14 from Costco you got a bargain Dunc! 06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
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21st Dec 2009 2:55 pm

DiscoDunc

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i know

i bought 4

and gave 2 to family . they dont have them all the time, just now and again. i think they are normally about £50 or thereabouts

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21st Dec 2009 3:11 pm

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PaulP wrote:
Is there any reason to justify getting it over, say the XS 7000 ?

yes, it does the job quicker(they are large batteries) and although they both can be put in supply mode with the xs25000 you could actually remove the battery whilst the key is in pos 2. handy if the batt is dead and you need to do diagnostics and even if the batt is not dead you will not loose any charge whilst having a look.

21st Dec 2009 3:11 pm

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21st Dec 2009 3:39 pm

goodfella

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Just bought the XS3600. I think that's £54 well spent and I will bang it on for the night when I get home. Cheers for your help.

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21st Dec 2009 6:21 pm

goodfella

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HELP - its drained the battery!

Been on charge all night and was fine when I left it car drove ok yesterday so was just topping up.

Put red to red and black to black and left on the car symbol with the half full red light on. Came this morning and totally drained. WHat have i done??

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22nd Dec 2009 9:20 am

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Did you leave the key in the ignition?
The D3 will pull a lot off current whit the key in the ignition, with ignition on it pulls 25 amps. Roel

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22nd Dec 2009 10:53 am

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Roel wrote:
...it pulls 25 amps.

Buying the XS25000 making more sense now?

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22nd Dec 2009 11:07 am