Hi from a nearly newbie here. At the moment I have a 2010 Jaguar XF V6 (Petrol) but will very shortly have a 2015 Outlander PHEV GX4H. I have two questions which I hope someone can help me with.
The Jaguar other being very thirsty its systems had a big drain on the batteries and, in the winter particularly, It had to be contacted every week to an CTEK smart charger. From my limited research I won't have to do this anymore. However before the charger disappears into the garage could I use the charger on the auxiliary battery if it ever get fully discharged and if so do I just attach it the battery terminals in the boot?
I used the Jaguar to tow a small (1250kg) caravan and will now of course use the Outlander. Unfortunately I don't get the car till next week once the towbar is fitted and go away with the caravan on a 200 mile round trip at the end of the week so no chances of a try out before hand. It looks it would be best until I know the car better to start off in the 'normal' mode and then switch on the 'charge' mode and leave that on until near the end of the journey when I should turn off the 'charge' mode is that correct or does anyone have some other better advice? I'm not sure if I will able to charge at my destination yet!
I'm sure once I have the car I will have other questions but in the meantime many thanks for any help which will be much appreciated.
Regards Mummylula
The Jaguar other being very thirsty its systems had a big drain on the batteries and, in the winter particularly, It had to be contacted every week to an CTEK smart charger. From my limited research I won't have to do this anymore. However before the charger disappears into the garage could I use the charger on the auxiliary battery if it ever get fully discharged and if so do I just attach it the battery terminals in the boot?
I used the Jaguar to tow a small (1250kg) caravan and will now of course use the Outlander. Unfortunately I don't get the car till next week once the towbar is fitted and go away with the caravan on a 200 mile round trip at the end of the week so no chances of a try out before hand. It looks it would be best until I know the car better to start off in the 'normal' mode and then switch on the 'charge' mode and leave that on until near the end of the journey when I should turn off the 'charge' mode is that correct or does anyone have some other better advice? I'm not sure if I will able to charge at my destination yet!
I'm sure once I have the car I will have other questions but in the meantime many thanks for any help which will be much appreciated.
Regards Mummylula