I have a C-Tek MXS 5.0..... that has been a brilliant piece of kit the four years I have had it.....
Can it overcharge a battery ?....mines a Varta AGM one I use the frost symbol,to charge this as per instructions...
Battery charged & I get a full set of yellow LED's..... + the green one
We went out for a while & there was a power cut I'm told...battery charger still plugged in & switched on....the C-Tek seems to have resumed a recharge & is showing four yellow LED's...so will this just add to what's in there....or could this overcharge the battery ?
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If this is relative , mine has been hooked up to the Ctek 5 for about 3 days and is showing the 6 plus green so 7 lights on
I had the power off at home for about 3 hours whilst fitting new light and socket fittings
didnt turn the charger off before shutting down the DB
switched power back on and it went to the same point in minutes
19th Nov 2016 8:01 pm
Robbie
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No, it won't overcharge.Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
Many thanks For the reassurance as by my reckoning it stayed on charging for about another two hours - from yellow light four...BREXIT - done properly.
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D3 HSE-perfectly formed, passenger friendly...has real DIPSTICK
Jag XK-but sadly no DIPSTICK...HUGE design fault
FL2 has DIPSTICK..."real comfort in rear seats"
VW Golf wondermobile (?)..has real DIPSTICK
Morris Minor..original DIPSTICK technology..and a real KEY.
19th Nov 2016 9:17 pm
Robbie
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What setting are you using?Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
My instruction book said use the cold battery symbol......like a snowflake
The normal charge setting doesn't work......the cycle doesn't complete
I've never had need to use the recon one
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D3 HSE-perfectly formed, passenger friendly...has real DIPSTICK
Jag XK-but sadly no DIPSTICK...HUGE design fault
FL2 has DIPSTICK..."real comfort in rear seats"
VW Golf wondermobile (?)..has real DIPSTICK
Morris Minor..original DIPSTICK technology..and a real KEY.
19th Nov 2016 11:05 pm
Pete K
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It won't overcharge.
The later 5 with the red button have a mode for AGM batteries. IIRC.
20th Nov 2016 8:02 pm
Robbie
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Only select the AGM/snowflake mode when it is below freezing. Modern AGMs don't want or need the higher voltage.
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My CTek is about five years old....MXS 5.0 has just four options
Cycle.....which I take to be a smaller battery than I would ever have
Car.....which doesn't work on any of the four AGM's I have bought & fitted to the vehicles I have....the cycle doesn't get past step 4...
Snowflake.....where the CTEK instructions say I have to select for an AGM battery
Recond...to resurrect very flat or aged batteries...which I have used but not on any AGM
I've dug into this with the place I bought my CTek....the snowflake symbol is the one to use fit AGM batteries...it's the one that they use.
NOCO chargers seem to deal with this a different way...
Also just bought a NOCO GB70 starting pack.....got a very healthy discount on this
Again many thanks...BREXIT - done properly.
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Save the Dipstick Flagbearer-keep it simple, less likely to fail campaign-agenda items:Starting Handles, Acetylene Lamps.
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D3 HSE-perfectly formed, passenger friendly...has real DIPSTICK
Jag XK-but sadly no DIPSTICK...HUGE design fault
FL2 has DIPSTICK..."real comfort in rear seats"
VW Golf wondermobile (?)..has real DIPSTICK
Morris Minor..original DIPSTICK technology..and a real KEY.
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very flat or aged batteries...which I have used but not on any AGM
