[james030354]

Connect the positive on the CTEK to any convenient positive terminal that goes direct to the battery, or if there's provision direct on the positive battery terminal clamp, preferably add a 10A fuse to this wire for protection. The negative should go to any convenient chassis point, not the battery negative. This way the CTEK charge current flowing into the battery will still be monitored by the BMS, which is incorporated into the negative battery cable.

Excellent, I did wonder where the jaguar bms was positioned / fed from, and so be it, advice followed..thanks cutlea01

 

[james030354]

Negative terminal stud is after the BMS
There is a stud under the positive battery cover where the little wire goes to it that is a perfect spot View attachment 10915

Hello Diesel, have wired up this boot charger and have used car body as my negative, my positive leg is on the top bus bar,the cetek has an inline fuse so used a free cable termination port. I must admit that I never looked at the terminal pointed out by you highlighted green. All works fine ,but I will take another look at your suggestion and move positive over when next down there. Not happy with terminating neg leg of charger on battery for fear of cooking up what's already connected there.... thanks. Jim

 

[james030354]

@diesel's diagram is perfect and spot-on. He's indicated the ideal locations for a charger to be connected. Using the +ve bus bar and a convenient chassis point for -ve will still be fine. I don't have a permanent connection for my CTEK on the F-Pace (I do on the XKR) as I use the jump-start terminals under the bonnet. No doubt these have a higher resistance back to the battery than the ideal points to use, however it still recharges just fine.

Yes , I was intending on having a ctek extension connected to the under bonnet terminals and just pull out from a location somewhere near front wheel arch should i need jump starting / charging without the faff of trying to get into a locked car and undoing bonnet latch,but as I park up in a reverse manner there is an outside power point from my garage which is convenient to the tailgate of the car and can now be left on permanently without worries. bit of belt and braces stuff really.

 

[james030354]

Should you ever need it - If the F-Pace battery should ever die and you need to open the tailgate, access the car via the passenger side emergency key hole lock. Unlock the rear doors by stretching over. Fold the rear seats down, climb into the boot area and on the tailgate latch is a small hole to the right. Insert a small screwdriver and move it to the right, this will manually release the tailgate latch.

I'm hoping that by extending the under bonnet charging points with short ctek lead ( tucked away near font wheel arch ) I would be able clip on a secondary power source to negate all of the above,but if all else fails then you're route will come to play...thanks..jim

 

[james030354]

Not sure if it’s helpful or not, in my Aston Martin V8V I have a charging point in the boot (factory fitted). It uses a 12V car cigarette lighter socket to plug into, saves messing around with crocodile clips and opening bonnet.

I have a ctek msx 5.0 (test and charge) it’s the same as the msx 5.0 charger, conditioner maintainer but with added function of testing battery health and also alternator.

I also bought the 12V lighter connection adapter and a 2m extension cable from ctek.
The 2m extension cable is great as it’s thinner than the main ctek cable so passes through boot seal and then boot lid panel gaps without being bent or damaged by seal (at least on my Vantage) so I can plug it in to charge and still then shut and fully lock my car with alarm on. And if it ever did get damaged I’d only have to replace 2m extension cable and not the full ctek charger.

pretty sure if you wanted an elegant solution you could have similar installed in the f-pace boot and then would only need ti root down to battery under boot floor.

Apollya, yes now have this routing in boot and under bonnet, under bonnet point utilises the f paces front charging terminal should I not have access to rear of vehicle. ( 1 metre cable appx coiled front offside wing .just reach up pull down and clip on. Jump start / charge,).