Battery charging query

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Nosher
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Post by Nosher »

I notice the battery seems to be of the old style where we need to keep an eye on levels in the individual cells.
Never seen these for years as the batteries all seemed to be the sealed maintenance free type.
I have a ctek trickle charger which i would like to use when i go on holiday for 3 weeks in September and im curious as to whether it will be ok on this type of battery?

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Post by anchorman »

CTEK do a special charger for the stop/start battery on the CX-3. Yours will work but the proper deep cycle charger would be best.
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Nosher
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Post by Nosher »

The model i have is the CTEK MXS 5.0

Charger type. Eight-step fully automatic IUoUp, with pulse maintenance mode.
Suitable for battery types All types of lead-acid battery inc. wet, AGM and GEL.
Suitable for battery sizes 1.2Ah - 121Ah for charging, up to 120Ah for maintenance.

Sounds like mine may be ok???

Thanks for your reply Anchorman
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Post by Gus »

Don't forget to select AGM mode I think it is that one :)
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Post by anchorman »

It is yes, AGM mode is correct for the CX-3.
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Post by ColinW »

I am in a similar position to "Nosher", in that I have a CTEK MXS 5.0 charger and a Sport Nav 2.0L Petrol with a "Stop & Start" battery. The battery does appear to be a Lead Acid, unsealed, type. I had thought that AGM batteries were sealed. The Label on the top of my battery has the following:
"20HR 65Ah
CCA 520A
D23(JIS)
FOR STOP & START"

If this is a lead acid battery why is AGM mode correct for charging?
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Post by Deleted User 406 »

Wouldn't of thought your battery would have an issue. Left mine for two weeks with no problems whatsoever
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