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TerryG
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Battery Maintainers

#1 Post by TerryG » Mon May 18, 2015 9:03 am

The battery maintainer I have requires me to lift the bonnet and connect it to the battery terminals. Purely because I am lazy, is there an issue with adapting one to plug in to the cigarette lighter socket (which stays live with the ignition off).
I don't really want to cut it up the ctek charger I have as it was fairly expensive. Are there any recommendations for a reasonably priced one?
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Re: Battery Maintainers

#2 Post by suffolkpete » Mon May 18, 2015 9:15 am

The CTEK charger I have has an adapter that enables it to plug into the lighter socket, I bought it as an accessory from Amazon.
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kevin
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Re: Battery Maintainers

#3 Post by kevin » Mon May 18, 2015 12:22 pm

I use 'Ring' maintainers on both my classics and my bmw bike. they can be used with a lighter socket adapter and are cheap enough to cut and chop about (las one i bought a month or so ago was under £40 delivered)
On the Singer and BMW bike I have hard wired it to the battery and it uses a plug and socket to connect.

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