Ready to put my (new to me) 2010 XK Convertible in the barn for the winter.
I've always used a Trickle Charger on my BMW Z4, will this work on my XK ?
Do I hook it up the same way the Owners Manual shows how to charge a battery.
Thanks

 

Yip works just the same way

 

Actually....
NO!!!!
NO!!!!!!!!!
A thousand times NOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Do NOT use a 'Trickle Charger'. It will burn out your battery. Use a Battery MAINTAINER, one that has a FLOAT capability such as a CTEK.

 

Im sure the dude knows that cj . keep your drawers on lol

 

Symantics matter. Quite a lot sometimes.

 

Is it infectious

 

By using the term trickle charger instead of battery tender or maintainer, I suspect not.

Even if jbmi is aware of the difference, others reading the thread and only your first reply could easily be misled.

Graham

 

Maybe someone should have asked jbmi what he meant by the phrase "trickle charger." That would have been more engaging, IMHO.

 

The dudes being using a trickle charger /maintainer on his previous car for years , He clearly stated that in other words , he knows what he's doing

 

Yep, just like any new member or non-member who gets into this forum and sees the term "trickle charger" so they immediately go to Amazon and type in TRICKLE CHARGER and buy the cheapest one they can find.
One dead battery six months later.
Seriously, you guys should not be so flippant with your technical comments. Get them accurate or don't post them.

 

What being stubborn is like

 

Its all yours . from now on i got better things to do ENJOY

 

OK , Trickle Charger is a term we've used around here for as long as I can remember, everyone knows what you're talking about.
But just to make sure what I was talking about was the same as others were talking about I went and dug out the packaging for my "Trickle Charger"
and low and behold it's a "Battery Tender"
Anyway someone on another forum did a great job of telling me how to hook-up my Battery Tender, in my XK, So hopefully come six months from now I'll get in it and it will fire up.

 

The only catch to using a battery maintainer on a 2010 and later XK is to use a chassis ground attachment rather than the battery negative terminal to avoid confusing the Battery Monitoring System on the later models. Positive lead to battery positive terminal is fine.

Nice to see another XK here in NW Michigan.

 

I agree with George, the post above is very over the top in my opinion, trickle charger is a general term used by many for maintainers. On this forum it has turned into a rally cry for how to term things properly. If you go to the websites below they call ALL chargers "trickle chargers", then differentiate between different "trickle chargers" as DUMB or SMART. So reality is the maintainers are SMART TRICKLE CHARGERS. It is funny to me that guys are jumping on George for being stubborn yet they are being obnoxiously obstinate about using proper nomenclature that fits their standards. I calls it as I sees it.

https://www.thedrive.com/reviews/288...ickle-chargers
https://www.autoguide.com/top-7-best...r-cars-battery

 

Y'all might already know this, but I find that even when a good battery maintenance solution is implemented, often, an electrical cord of some sort is resting on a painted surface. I took a long *** Meguiars drying towel, put velcro on the two short ends and rolled it into a sweet towel burrito around the cord. This prevents that minor chaffing a bumper can get from said electrical cord.

I have a Jaguar branded CTEK in my 07, a CTEK on my VW, and a Deltran Battery Tender in my 00. Both work well as maintainers.

 

Also, don't forget to put fuel stabilizer. If your barn has a dirt floor, then consider storing car elsewhere or at the very least on top of the tarp. Humidity from the ground can do a number of anything that can corrode. Last but not least, critters. Put dryer sheets inside the car and mothballs outside the car. You don't want to find a rat's nest in your car in the spring.

 

Graham,

"Battery Tender" is a Registered Trademark of Deltran USA, LLC of DeLand, Florida. It is not a generic term for a battery maintainer.

https://www.batterytender.com/
https://www.batterytender.com/about-us

I am not a fan of Deltran, their products, customer service, or warranty. Buy a CTEK or other brand that won't burn down your house. See my Post #7 in this 2013 thread and the link to my 2011 Amazon review.
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...-again-100438/

Better safe than sorry.

 

Agreed, as does pronunciation. My favorite example is the difference between a burrow and a burro.

A burrow is a hole in the ground made by many kinds of small animals, such as moles, voles, chipmunks and rats. A burro is a small donkey, usually used as a pack animal.

Here's the problem: homophones are words that sound the same, but have different meanings. An example is flower and flour. Burrow and burro technically aren't homophones, but some people mispronounce them so they sound the same.

Bottom line: If you don't know the difference between a burro and a burrow, you don't know the difference between your *** and a hole in the ground!

 

My pole barn has a conc. floor, and well built so no openings anywhere and the doors have a nice tight fit, but I still park the car over a tarp. In the 16 years I stored my Z4 there I've never had critter problems. I do place rat/mice pellets around the exterior walls and place "Bounce Fabric Sheets" in the trunk, car, and engine compartments. I use to use Moth *****, but the smell in the spring really turned me off,
There is nothing in the barn as far as food stuff, and no rags, clothes. or other fabrics are left exposed.
Thanks for the tips.