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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816   
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This morning I have been busy adjusting the level of my aux high beam lamps and therefore the truck has been running for a while on idle while the Speakers+aux high beams were on. At one point the Speakers started flickering for a few seconds, thereafter they were steady again. Presume this means that the battery charge fell a bit low, probably to around 12V only. I have connected a Ctek charger (800 model) which actually is for my Husqvarna garden mower, and which says that it is able to fully charge batteries from 1.2 Ah to 32 Ah, but which also is suitable for maintenance charging for batteries upto 100 Ah.
The charging light is on (not the maintenance light), I presume that this charger will do the trick to crank my standard LR Varta 90 Ah battery back up to snuff if I leave it overnight? Rgds, Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw Last edited by ericvv on 12th Oct 2016 4:53am. Edited 1 time in total |
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1st Jan 2013 2:58pm |
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| VeeTee Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Somewhere Posts: 1512 
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Yes, but probably it takes (a lot) longer, depends on how empty the battery is now.
The max. charging current of that model is 0.8 A. Say, you have a 70 Ah battery which is now 20% full (i.e. 80% empty). It takes 70 hrs to charge the battery to full 100% then... ( 80% * 70 Ah / 0.8 A = 70 hrs ) Cheers, Vincent 1959 Polynorm 1/4 Ton Trailer, Olive Drab Green (sold) 1970 M416 Military Trailer (Camping Trailer Conversion), Epsom Green (sold) 1975 Series III 88 V6, Light Green (sadly sold) 1996 Defender 110 CSW 300 Tdi, Epsom Green (sold) 2000 Freelander 1 TD4 3-drs, Silver (sold) 2006 Freelander 1 TD4 5-drs Facelift Automatic, Tonga Green (sold) MySite |
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1st Jan 2013 3:40pm |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816
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Bedankt Vincent, (
 vlaamse origine, maar woon in Zwitserland 
But my battery probably is just a little bit low, I would think just around the 12V mark. If it would be permanently below 12V, then my Speaker LED headlights would constantly rapidly blink, and they only did that this morning while working on the truck for a brief moment. Will leave the C-tek on overnight and hopefully by tomorrow the green maintenance charging light will be on instead of the orange full charging light now. 
Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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1st Jan 2013 3:47pm |
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| VeeTee Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Somewhere Posts: 1512
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OK, I think it will work out OK then. Off Topic, I was in Switserland this summer for holidays, like it a lot. Stayed a.o. (camping) in Villeneuve. I like to present the proof of my travels this way: 
 Cheers, Vincent
1959 Polynorm 1/4 Ton Trailer, Olive Drab Green (sold) 1970 M416 Military Trailer (Camping Trailer Conversion), Epsom Green (sold) 1975 Series III 88 V6, Light Green (sadly sold) 1996 Defender 110 CSW 300 Tdi, Epsom Green (sold) 2000 Freelander 1 TD4 3-drs, Silver (sold) 2006 Freelander 1 TD4 5-drs Facelift Automatic, Tonga Green (sold) MySite |
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2nd Jan 2013 6:47pm |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816
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Took exactly 8 hours of continuous C-tek charging before the light switched to green. So was apparently not too much discharged.
Lots of travels I see You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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2nd Jan 2013 6:52pm |
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| VeeTee Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Somewhere Posts: 1512
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Yep, in a couple of years I need a 130 I think  Cheers, Vincent
1959 Polynorm 1/4 Ton Trailer, Olive Drab Green (sold) 1970 M416 Military Trailer (Camping Trailer Conversion), Epsom Green (sold) 1975 Series III 88 V6, Light Green (sadly sold) 1996 Defender 110 CSW 300 Tdi, Epsom Green (sold) 2000 Freelander 1 TD4 3-drs, Silver (sold) 2006 Freelander 1 TD4 5-drs Facelift Automatic, Tonga Green (sold) MySite |
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2nd Jan 2013 8:57pm |
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