Scottish Elises

I really dislike the 063 battery in the Elise it's a right royal pain in the hoop to get in and out. I can't get a battery conditioner on the car where it's parked.

Any suggestions I am looking for something slightly smaller and lighter this may be my last update before I become a dad.

Maplin solar charger ?

Lazydonkey wrote:Maplin solar charger ?

used to have one and it helped drag things out longer. but I left it plugged in and I got a nasty burning smell

BiggestNizzy wrote:I really dislike the 063 battery in the Elise it's a right royal pain in the hoop to get in and out. I can't get a battery conditioner on the car where it's parked.

Any suggestions I am looking for something slightly smaller and lighter this may be my last update before I become a dad.

move the battery into the passenger footwell. - easy access, won't get wet, better for weight distribution, and if you move the silly footrest wont make any difference to a passenger.

Most bike trickle chargers (as well as the usual croc-clips) come with an extension cable with a weatherproof connector which you wire to the terminals pemanently then hide the connector discretely somewhere on the outside of the bike (e.g cable tied to the frame) You could run the connector up above the skoosher bottle or into a wheel arch maybe for quick plug-ins?

I recommend Optimate. Plug-and-forget repairing, charging, testing and trickling. LEDs are a mystery to decipher, but as there's no settings you just leave it to do it's thing.

e.g. http://www.optimate.co.uk/optimate%206.htm

graeme wrote:Most bike trickle chargers (as well as the usual croc-clips) come with an extension cable with a weatherproof connector which you wire to the terminals pemanently then hide the connector discretely somewhere on the outside of the bike (e.g cable tied to the frame) You could run the connector up above the skoosher bottle or into a wheel arch maybe for quick plug-ins?

I recommend Optimate. Plug-and-forget repairing, charging, testing and trickling. LEDs are a mystery to decipher, but as there's no settings you just leave it to do it's thing.

e.g. http://www.optimate.co.uk/optimate%206.htm

Alas I live in a flat, the car sits 30-40m from the front door.

Right, I misunderstood the connection problem.

KingK_series wrote:move the battery into the passenger footwell... won't get wet

Just disconnect it if you're not driving it often. Mine was set up so the negative just slide off before Robin diagnosed the alt drawing current.

I always expect to drive it more often than I actually do, only when the Alarm starts to whine and piss the neighbours off I actually pull the plug. Thought about fitting a battery isolator because I am lazy and so I can pretend I am the stick when really I am far to much of a sh*t bag.

http://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.uk/p ... ategory/30. ?