CTECK battery charger installation question
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Mine is connected to the bus bar, as per my photo in this post
As far as I'm aware, it's also not advised to connect directly to the battery due to potential trouble with the BMS (Battery Management System), but that might be my mis-reading posts and putting 2 and 2 together to make tangerine.
As far as I'm aware, it's also not advised to connect directly to the battery due to potential trouble with the BMS (Battery Management System), but that might be my mis-reading posts and putting 2 and 2 together to make tangerine.
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I've done it both ways. I've had it wired up directly to the battery posts (both positive and negative) on both my 2018 and my 2023 and did not have any issues when doing it that way. However, as others have mentioned if you do this you do bypass the BMS which *could* improperly alter how the car charges the battery because what it knows through BMS and what the battery state actually are could be different. I've since kept the positive connection to the battery post but moved the negative connection to a ground stud on the chassis almost directly below the positive terminal on the battery. The positive side doesn't matter where you connect it (battery or buss bar) but using a grounding point with the negative will ensure the BMS module is in the pathway.
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That thread was revived recently. If you are interested and didn’t see it I’d be happy to provide a link. Good luck.
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The front hookup is fully equivalent to hooking up in the back as far as I’m aware, as has been discussed on here many times, etc..
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Most dealers, as I understand it, recommend hooking up towards the front of the vehicle. Not sure if that is of interest to you, or if you just have a firm interest in connecting towards the back of the vehicle only.…I have a thread on here for how I did it in the front in a more permanent manner, and others do as well.
That thread was revived recently. If you are interested and didn’t see it I’d be happy to provide a link. Good luck.
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That thread was revived recently. If you are interested and didn’t see it I’d be happy to provide a link. Good luck.
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