autolandy90 Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Hi this is another one of my little mods, what i have done is remove the clips from the end of the battery charge and fitted a heavy duty male plug and fitted the female one to the seat box,ran two wires to the battery via fuses. Now instead of removing the seat i just plug the charger in. Quick and easy charging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacks906 Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 very intresting off the lab dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardAllen Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Hi this is another one of my little mods,what i have done is remove the clips from the end of the battery charge and fitted a heavy duty male plug and fitted the female one to the seat box,ran two wires to the battery via fuses. Now instead of removing the seat i just plug the charger in. Quick and easy charging I did the same with an Anderson plug. You can also use the same socket for quickly attaching jump leads too, though your fuse rating and socket to battery cable size must be right to handle the current. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacks906 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 you could have the socket to battery cables normal battery cable size had the fuse etc on the charger or starter side i suppose dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reedx Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Interesting idea. I've always removed my battery for charging (and removed the filler plugs on the top) because I was under the impression that the gasses given off during charging need to be vented. Is this not the case? Colin www.REEDX.net/landrover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Simple and neat Modern batteries are mostly supposed to be sealed though I don't know if they "gas" or not - anyway its usually only an issue if you are on a boost charger and no different to it being charged with the engine running and the seat in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeagent Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 ^^^ what he said, your battery is charging all the time your engine is running, so you should be OK to charge it in the vehicle.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reedx Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 OK that makes sense, thanks freegent and BogMonster. autolandy90, what kind of plug/socket did you use? It looks more heavy duty than a standard accessory plug. Colin www.REEDX.net/landrover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autolandy90 Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 The plug was fitted to a 4amp battery charger,that came with a battery jump pack that i use at work,its a few years old now and the battery pack was u/s,so i use the socket now on my own charger .cannot find old charger to get name of it sorry...john could try this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Single-Pole-12-Volt-...1742.m153.l1262 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Tonkin Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I would fit an anderson plug for jump starting other vehicles but my own defender needed jumping often enough to need that I would assume something was wrong.. New Alternator? Bigger Alternator, Bigger Battery, New Battery, Dodgy wiring? I would look into these before I considered regularly plugging in a charger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat_J Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Could be as simple as Alternator belt needs tightening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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