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Culagh

Member Since: 08 Nov 2015
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 61

2012 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Ipanema Sand

Battery Charging

As I'm shielding I'm not using my Freelander. I should explain I live in a tower block and have no access to a power plug to charge the battery so to help the situation I recently bought a Solar Panel, to charge the Battery. It comes with two crocodile clips and a cigarette plug. To set it up can I just plug it into the cigar lighter or need i connect it directly to the battery.

Thanks

7th Jan 2021 3:01 pm

jules

Member Since: 13 Dec 2007
Location: The Wilds of Warwickshire
Posts: 4571

2014 Freelander 2 SD4 SE Auto Firenze Red

I dont know anything about solar panel charging. I use a CTEK mains charger.

However If your cig lighter remains live permanently then I'd use that.

On later models the car switches off the cig lighter feed off after a few minutes in which case connect to the POS terminal on the battery and somewhere else on the chassis - its not recommended to connect to the NEG battery terminal when the battery is in situ because some modern charging systems are adversely affected. I dont know if that would apply to your car though. Jules

7th Jan 2021 3:14 pm

rchrdleigh

Member Since: 18 Aug 2007
Location: Somewhere in the East of England
Posts: 1601

2011 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Manual Baltic Blue

Rear centre console cigarette lighter socket stays live in pre-facelift Freelander 2.

7th Jan 2021 3:43 pm

Nodge68

Member Since: 15 Jul 2020
Location: Newquay
Posts: 1825

2009 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Manual Rimini Red

Re: Battery Charging

Culagh wrote:
As I'm shielding I'm not using my Freelander. I should explain I live in a tower block and have no access to a power plug to charge the battery so to help the situation I recently bought a Solar Panel, to charge the Battery. It comes with two crocodile clips and a cigarette plug. To set it up can I just plug it into the cigar lighter or need i connect it directly to the battery.

Thanks

What power solar panel?
If it's more than 10 Watts, it'll need a charge controller, or it'll boil the battery.
If it's one of those 1.5 Watt panels, then it'll hardly charge the battery at all. 2009 Rimini Red SE TD4. Soon to be sold.
Hyundai Ionic 5 Ultimate on order.
Gone. 2006 Tonga Green i6 HSE.

7th Jan 2021 5:10 pm

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