snowflake
Former Albino Ape
Paging Motoring tecs,
My start/stop light came on permanently the other day, and I know in these modern times it can be a sign of a discharged battery, or something catastrophic, so hopefully the former.
Anyways, bought one of these here smart chargers from Halfords. Its does all manner of vodoo before it charges and then drops to a trickle, it alleges.
Like a good prole read the instructions in the car manual (Hyundai i40) that said disconnect the battery terminals before charging - which I did, and then had to re-connect them to lock the car, then disconnect again (haven't figured out where the key goes in emergencies, think you need to prise a bit of the drivers door handle off - possibly).
So anyways, question is on a modern car can you just connect the battery charger without disconnecting the terminals? I have my bike wired up to an optimate all winter without disconnecting the terminals and it seems to survive.
Ta
S
My start/stop light came on permanently the other day, and I know in these modern times it can be a sign of a discharged battery, or something catastrophic, so hopefully the former.
Anyways, bought one of these here smart chargers from Halfords. Its does all manner of vodoo before it charges and then drops to a trickle, it alleges.
Like a good prole read the instructions in the car manual (Hyundai i40) that said disconnect the battery terminals before charging - which I did, and then had to re-connect them to lock the car, then disconnect again (haven't figured out where the key goes in emergencies, think you need to prise a bit of the drivers door handle off - possibly).
So anyways, question is on a modern car can you just connect the battery charger without disconnecting the terminals? I have my bike wired up to an optimate all winter without disconnecting the terminals and it seems to survive.
Ta
S