pinballpaul wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2019 6:46 pm
Thanks @Tel - will do.
In the meantime, is there anything wrong with putting one clip on the positive battery terminal directly and the other on the negative stud?
Thanks!
You cannot just connect the battery like the 'old days'.
On the -ve pole of the battery you will see a module mounted onto the post with the main black wire emanating from it...this is part of the Battery Management System BMS.
Whilst you 'could' theoretically connect directly across the battery, it is recommended not to do it, as it will confuse the BMS into thinking that it can throttle the output from the alternator back as the voltage will be higher than normal, and as I suggest earlier, simply connect the -ve from the charger to a suitable earth point/stud in the boot.
The positive you can go directly onto. Normally you would connect the +e to the +ve bussbar in the fusebox, however it is common to the +ve on the battery, so will work fine.
Hope that makes some sense.
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