battery tender to jump points

[omodos]

Hello to all, decided that am fed up of opening and closing the hood on the X5 to get to the jump/charge points in engine bay, anyone got any tips or pointers for where to route a cable to the tender out from the engine bay jump points and be accessible whilst the hood is down? got a ctek and it does come with a 'weather proof' connector so should be ok even if exposed to elements....

[Overboost]

Originally Posted by omodos

Hello to all, decided that am fed up of opening and closing the hood on the X5 to get to the jump/charge points in engine bay, anyone got any tips or pointers for where to route a cable to the tender out from the engine bay jump points and be accessible whilst the hood is down? got a ctek and it does come with a 'weather proof' connector so should be ok even if exposed to elements....

I've seen some guys using the trailer hitch plug. Very clean. Let me look up the correct pins. I think Crowz charges his through a solar panel this way.
*EDIT* wpoll has a nice setup here:
https://xoutpost.com/1116044-post120.html

[Emory39]

Thanks for that Overboost!

[dkl]

Originally Posted by omodos

Hello to all, decided that am fed up of opening and closing the hood on the X5 to get to the jump/charge points in engine bay, anyone got any tips or pointers for where to route a cable to the tender out from the engine bay jump points and be accessible whilst the hood is down? got a ctek and it does come with a 'weather proof' connector so should be ok even if exposed to elements....

If you don't feel like opening the hood, then why not just use one of the cigarette lighter sockets?

[omodos]

Originally Posted by dkl

If you don't feel like opening the hood, then why not just use one of the cigarette lighter sockets?

Valid point but don't wanna open the door either to get to the cig lighter socket

[jsoto]

They make longer extensions..I have ours on the bat. terminals with the extension cable sitting on the left panel cover where the dvd player, sits.

[Crowz]

This is what I use. Its a magcode connector.

[Crowz]

The nice part of this system is that its impossible for the connector to short on anything when its not plugged in because of the built in switch inside the housing. If its not connected you can short the prongs with a paper clip and nothing happens. So its completely safe.

Also if you forget to unplug it and drive off it will pull away and not hurt anything.

[Fifty150hs]

Originally Posted by Crowz

The nice part of this system is that its impossible for the connector to short on anything when its not plugged in because of the built in switch inside the housing. If its not connected you can short the prongs with a paper clip and nothing happens. So its completely safe.

Also if you forget to unplug it and drive off it will pull away and not hurt anything.

Like it!

[cn90]

If your car sees the sun, then I'd use a solar charger.
Plug the solar charger in the cig. socket and leave the solar panel on the dash.
I have used solar charger in the past, it is a great device that prevents battery discharge.