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  • Russell
    Member Since: 26 Jun 2016
    Location: Lydd
    Posts: 1102
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Td6 First Edition Namib Orange

    CTEK charge point fitted

    Wired in the CTEK charge point today

    Namib Orange 1st Edition with black roof and wheels.
    Privacy, tow bar, drive pack, surround camera, heated front & rear seats, auto dim door mirrors, side steps, remote Pro, RSE, arm rest fridge dash cam front and rear.
    1st May 2017 4:31 pm
  • Dan NL
    Guest

    Congratulations ! But what is it ? Rolling Eyes

    An external socket somewhere to charge your battery ? Idea

    Or an OBD2 socket for the AA-man so you do not have to stay with the vehicle once its broken down.. Mr. Green
    2nd May 2017 7:27 am
  • stuart_f
    Member Since: 06 Nov 2016
    Location: Aylesbury
    Posts: 133
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Santorini Black

    It's a battery charging socket for the CTEK range of chargers. Not cheap but you get what you pay for.

    Review here http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/accessories-t...ger-review

    The orange and black thing is the CTEK connector that is on all of their chargers.


    Click image to enlarge

    But the question remains - what are you powering that means you need to externally charge your battery often enough that adding a connector is worthwhile? Confused
    2nd May 2017 8:32 am
  • Dan NL
    Guest

    Hi Stuart, thanks for the info. I do this simply by linking a trickle charger when needed. Like now my D3 is in Portugal, waiting there for our summer holidays. It's linked to the charger for battery 'life support'.
    After I drive it back, my LR2 docks in for the winter, and I use it here in NL for keeping that alive.
    Why would one want to build this into the car ?

    Maybe if one has XX-cars and can not be bothered by carrying chargers around.. Rolling Eyes
    2nd May 2017 8:43 am
  • Russell
    Member Since: 26 Jun 2016
    Location: Lydd
    Posts: 1102
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Td6 First Edition Namib Orange

    stuart_f wrote:
    It's a battery charging socket for the CTEK range of chargers. Not cheap but you get what you pay for.

    Review here http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/accessories-t...ger-review

    The orange and black thing is the CTEK connector that is on all of their chargers.


    Click image to enlarge

    But the question remains - what are you powering that means you need to externally charge your battery often enough that adding a connector is worthwhile? Confused


    My car has two dash cams fitted one in the back one in the front and is set for parking recording. The car does not get used or long periods of time so this is just to fit the trickle charger if needed
    Namib Orange 1st Edition with black roof and wheels.
    Privacy, tow bar, drive pack, surround camera, heated front & rear seats, auto dim door mirrors, side steps, remote Pro, RSE, arm rest fridge dash cam front and rear.
    2nd May 2017 12:16 pm
  • Ed Snow
    Member Since: 28 Nov 2017
    Location: Norwich
    Posts: 79
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Scotia Grey

    Russell,

    Any chance of a close up photo of the positive connection? and description of how you wired it in? Looks like you unbolted and rebolted the earth point under the bonnet for earth, but did you manage to do the same on the positive? Ta
    26th Dec 2017 6:06 pm
  • Russell
    Member Since: 26 Jun 2016
    Location: Lydd
    Posts: 1102
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Td6 First Edition Namib Orange

    Ed sorry for the slow reply been away
    Yes all I did was unbolt the positive plastic casing and then fitted the Cteck positive cable underneath
    Very easy and straight forward
    Namib Orange 1st Edition with black roof and wheels.
    Privacy, tow bar, drive pack, surround camera, heated front & rear seats, auto dim door mirrors, side steps, remote Pro, RSE, arm rest fridge dash cam front and rear.
    28th Dec 2017 11:49 pm
  • simonh
    Member Since: 02 Apr 2017
    Location: Shropshire
    Posts: 1002
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Farallon Black

    Simple question... why ?
    Velar HSE D240 - MY19
    Served by the excellent Shukers Land Rover of Ludlow - 10 Land Rover’s and 20 years of amazing customer service.
    29th Dec 2017 1:10 am
  • Ed Snow
    Member Since: 28 Nov 2017
    Location: Norwich
    Posts: 79
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Scotia Grey

    Thanks Russell.

    Simon I believe Russell explained somewhere else that he leaves the car standing for extended periods of time and hence wanted to make sure it stays topped up.

    I wanted to know because I plan to bolt on a connection point for my heavy duty jump leads. I will post a pic once fitted. It also serves as a connection point for powering my winch ( that is emergency style temporary mount/stropped to recovery point)
    29th Dec 2017 7:16 pm
  • simonh
    Member Since: 02 Apr 2017
    Location: Shropshire
    Posts: 1002
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Farallon Black

    Ahhh. Makes sense 👍🏻
    Velar HSE D240 - MY19
    Served by the excellent Shukers Land Rover of Ludlow - 10 Land Rover’s and 20 years of amazing customer service.
    29th Dec 2017 7:22 pm
  • Russell
    Member Since: 26 Jun 2016
    Location: Lydd
    Posts: 1102
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Td6 First Edition Namib Orange

    simonh wrote:
    Simple question... why ?
    with two dash cams fitted and running 24/7 it does not take long to flatten battery if car is not used for a week
    Namib Orange 1st Edition with black roof and wheels.
    Privacy, tow bar, drive pack, surround camera, heated front & rear seats, auto dim door mirrors, side steps, remote Pro, RSE, arm rest fridge dash cam front and rear.
    29th Dec 2017 11:17 pm
  • simonh
    Member Since: 02 Apr 2017
    Location: Shropshire
    Posts: 1002
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Farallon Black

    Makes total sense 👍🏻
    Velar HSE D240 - MY19
    Served by the excellent Shukers Land Rover of Ludlow - 10 Land Rover’s and 20 years of amazing customer service.
    30th Dec 2017 9:09 am
  • Ed Snow
    Member Since: 28 Nov 2017
    Location: Norwich
    Posts: 79
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Scotia Grey

    I finally used your info and fitted my jump lead point. Attached photos for info. Really easy to do, the only comment I have is once the single bolt holding the positive cover down is removed, the push fit plastic clip feels vulnerable but does pop out with careful leveraging Thumbs Up



    19th Jan 2018 7:56 pm
  • Dirty Trucker
    Member Since: 04 Jan 2018
    Location: Kent
    Posts: 83
    England 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Fuji White

    Where is the battery located????
    25th Jan 2018 5:59 pm
  • Blackfly
    Member Since: 15 Jun 2017
    Location: Up North
    Posts: 466
    Canada 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Indus Silver

    they are in the boot; Oddly enough a salesman at a well know local dealer didn't know the answer to that when I was looking at a used RRS last year (same or similar configuration to the D5 I think)
    F50, Fourtack, LR3 and now..............D5 HSE TDV6
    25th Jan 2018 6:26 pm
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