2013 Honda CRV; 2200 Diesel. - Trickle Charging 2013 Honda CRV With CTEC Charger

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Tue 14 Jul 2015 18:06
2013 Honda CRV; 2200 Diesel. - Trickle Charging 2013 Honda CRV With CTEC Charger - The Chief
Away fro home for 5 weeks and would like to put battery on trickle charge with CTEC charger.

It's a diesel and on reading the manual it caters for jump starting using a donor veh/ battery but no mention is made of trickle charging!

I would be most grateful if you would please advise me thus:-
do I need to disconnect the battery;
do I connect the negative charging lead to a point on the engine;
Is it possible to leave the battery connected but connect the battery leads thus:-
Positive lead from charger to positive terminal of battery;
negative charging lead to point on engine?

Is there any known problem with this vehicle and battery charging or loss of charge?

Regards
Frank McAuley
07764254515.
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Tue 14 Jul 2015 19:10
2013 Honda CRV; 2200 Diesel. - Trickle Charging 2013 Honda CRV With CTEC Charger - elekie&a/c doctor

Ctec charger will be absolutely fine.No need to disconnect the battery.Put the charger clips directly onto the battery terminals.

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Tue 14 Jul 2015 19:40
2013 Honda CRV; 2200 Diesel. - Trickle Charging 2013 Honda CRV With CTEC Charger - Falkirk Bairn

I would switch all "auto functions" off - lights etc etc and for 5 weeks I would suggest the car would be 100% without any trickle charging.

The only thing that should consume any power is the alarm!

A 2 year old battery on a diesel should cope.

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Tue 14 Jul 2015 20:30
2013 Honda CRV; 2200 Diesel. - Trickle Charging 2013 Honda CRV With CTEC Charger - Manatee

I've used a CTEK on various cars without disconnecting the battery, and I leave one on my MX5 throughout the winter when it is used infrequently (that car also has a small battery).

You are correct to say that the ground/black lead (-ve earth) should technically be connected to the frame away from the battery and from fuel pipes. This is to reduce the chance of any sparks when you disconnect (black lead first) igniting any fuel vapour, or any hydrogen in the vicinity of the battery. In practice this is pretty unlikely. It's a simple precaution. In any case I always plug in the charger after connecting the clips, and unplug it before disconnecting. There are no handy unpainted surfaces in the boot of the MX5 where the battery lives so I connect to both terminals.

I'm pretty sure I will have used it on my CRV, when I had it, at some point too.

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