Duly ordered the 13 pin variant just now, £28.76

Plus next day delivery for £68 for this badboy https://www.amazon.co.uk/CTEK-MXS-5-0-Reco...amp;sr=8-5

Exactly how I top mine up.
13pin CTek adaptor (with traffic lights) and a Ctek 10
Takes around 4-5 hours to top it right up  2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
New Defender D300 90 on order so "Rory" will be going to a new home....!
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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Good to know thanks - heh I didn't realise the L322 is a early example of a plug in hybrid

Here's a question, is this charging method all good to use when doing live diagnostics with GAP IID tool I wonder?

I understand that battery drain can be a real issue when using the tool so it would be great to keep the charger topping up eg whilst the engine is either idling or not running, ie to eliminate any spurious faults getting reported by low battery condition.

Doing that should not be a problem. As GAP says in its manual don't leave the IID connected as it does draw current. ISTR others on here do that without any problems. Cheers
Richard

(there are no such things as an ordinary FullFat, an ordinary cat or too many tools)
2011 TDV8 Vogue Santorini Black
Gap IIDBT

Richard,
I can’t fathom out why, but I don’t think it works correctly.
It’s quite a while since I tried it when I first bought my iid. I was sat in the garage with my CTEK connected whilst working through all the various menus trying to familiarise myself .
I noticed that the iid showed 12v at first and started dropping, but I knew that with the CTEK connected. it should have been 13v or more., eventually the low battery warning came on so I removed CTEK, started car and iid showed 13.7v .
Mike. G reg 2.5VM Vogue Portofino red 1991- 1999
V reg 2.5td P38 Rioja red 1999- 2006
53 reg td6 Vogue Oslo blue 2006- 2015
11 reg 4.4 TdV8 Vogue SE. Baltic blue 2015- date.
https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic56162...tty+affair

Oh b****r, down in flames again

Next time I'll try mine with my Aldi charger and see if that works. Looks like a fair useage on the systems when the "ignition" is on for diagnostics. Cheers
Richard

(there are no such things as an ordinary FullFat, an ordinary cat or too many tools)
2011 TDV8 Vogue Santorini Black
Gap IIDBT

I will also play with it again, but when the weather warms up a bit
I think the iid reads false voltages because the charger output is pulsed rather than constant ?.
Mike. G reg 2.5VM Vogue Portofino red 1991- 1999
V reg 2.5td P38 Rioja red 1999- 2006
53 reg td6 Vogue Oslo blue 2006- 2015
11 reg 4.4 TdV8 Vogue SE. Baltic blue 2015- date.
https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic56162...tty+affair

Mike

I'm not sure on the accuracy of the voltage reading on the IID either, so a voltmeter will be on the battery as a check. Cheers
Richard

(there are no such things as an ordinary FullFat, an ordinary cat or too many tools)
2011 TDV8 Vogue Santorini Black
Gap IIDBT

I will also check with my AVO, you can’t always trust these Chinese

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The IID manual states not to use the Ctek in charging mode as the supply is not clean and steady. The larger Cteks have a Supply mode which should be used with CCF edits. That’s the reason I bought the 10 version 👍
They also warn against running the vehicle in a garage to avoid fumes and death  2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
New Defender D300 90 on order so "Rory" will be going to a new home....!
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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