Trickle charger tips

[Ginginho]

Does anyone have any recommendations on the routing of cabling for a trickle charger? I just hooked my CTEK 5 up; had to bend the tab on the live terminal slightly to avoid it hitting the battery cover. Have routed the extended cable up out of the top of the bonnet and covered the cable that trails over the wing with medical tape for now to avoid any rubbing marks over time. All tips welcome

[Andyoz]

I'm confused why you don't just use the lighter socket inside?

You just need the adaptor cable - the cable's thin and goes within the lower door seal gap when closed easily.

[Ginginho]

26 minutes ago, Andyoz said:

I'm confused why you don't just use the lighter socket inside?

You just need the adaptor cable - the cable's thin and goes within the lower door seal gap when closed easily.

Apologies if this sounds dumb but I'm not sure that I follow; how does the battery charge via the lighter socket?

[wtaite01]

3 hours ago, Ginginho said:

Apologies if this sounds dumb but I'm not sure that I follow; how does the battery charge via the lighter socket?

 

It's a good question, and one that I don't know the answer to, but can confirm that it works on my gen 2!

You'll need the below: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06XXDMGW3/

[Andyoz]

1 hour ago, wtaite01 said:

 

It's a good question, and one that I don't know the answer to, but can confirm that it works on my gen 2!

You'll need the below: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06XXDMGW3/

 

Yes, that's the idea.  I checked my orders and this is the one I got. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0016LA5O8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Ginginho]

5 hours ago, Andyoz said:

 

 

46 minutes ago, Andyoz said:

 

Yes, that's the idea.  I checked my orders and this is the one I got. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0016LA5O8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It accepts charge by plugging *into* the cigarette lighter socket??? I feel like I should be Googling this first before I make myself look stupid; the mind is blown! 😁

[Ginginho]

Ok, so it seems to work if the cigarette lighter is permanently live, which I'm guessing is the case as you are both using it I'm still amazed!

[Acquell]

I use the cigarette lighter approach on my gen.1 and works really well. I’ve not managed to get it to feel safe under the door sill so I tend to drop the window a tiny bit and put over the top.  The Porsche branded charger seems to be made by ctek also.

[Julian987]

 

4 hours ago, Andyoz said:

 

Yes, that's the idea.  I checked my orders and this is the one I got. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0016LA5O8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

And with that, could one use this with that. 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CTEK-Portable-Battery-Maintainer-40-462/dp/B08WNCYNTH/ref=sr_1_15?dchild=1&keywords=Ctek&qid=1632951747&s=automotive&sr=1-15

 

So a power bank left in the passenger footwell whilst parked up trickle charging from a power bank. Would that work?

 

[Aaron]

I put the battery cover in the frunk and exit the wires through the wiper cowl.  Easy.

 

My garage can get dusty with my antics sometimes so leaving a window open is a big no for me.

[Andyoz]

9 hours ago, Acquell said:

I use the cigarette lighter approach on my gen.1 and works really well. I’ve not managed to get it to feel safe under the door sill so I tend to drop the window a tiny bit and put over the top.  The Porsche branded charger seems to be made by ctek also.

 

That's interesting. I find that the charger cable is thin enough to go under the bottom of the door easily. The main body of the charger sits on my garage floor so it's the length of cable between that and the cigarette lighter attachment that goes under the door.

 

The cigarette lighter adaptor cable I linked too in earlier post allows enough cable length for me to do that. I really couldn't be arsed messing around under my frunk.

[Acquell]

4 hours ago, Andyoz said:

 

That's interesting. I find that the charger cable is thin enough to go under the bottom of the door easily. The main body of the charger sits on my garage floor so it's the length of cable between that and the cigarette lighter attachment that goes under the door.

 

The cigarette lighter adaptor cable I linked too in earlier post allows enough cable length for me to do that. I really couldn't be arsed messing around under my frunk.

Will give that a try as preferable than dropping a window, is there a particular end or point of the door it goes under as I’m normally chickening out when it has a bit of resistance in breaking the cable?

[Andyoz]

45 minutes ago, Acquell said:

Will give that a try as preferable than dropping a window, is there a particular end or point of the door it goes under as I’m normally chickening out when it has a bit of resistance in breaking the cable?

 

Mine just runs like this. There's a chunky seal on the door frame and it definitely showd no permanent signs of deformation as the cables so thin.