Flat Battery

[Chris197F1]

Hi lads, do you guys charge the battery in situ or do you have to remove it? Seems to be split opinions on this reading online.

[Vandella]

usually take mine out.. but that's to save cables/wires going out to the car..

[Chris197F1]

mine will be in the garage so no worries about running the cables etc

[Red_Dash]

If I'm using a smart battery charger, such as one from Ctek, then I tend to leave the battery on the car. However, if I was using a more aggressive charger, which does't monitor the status of the battery as it's charging, then I would most likely take the battery off the car to do this (feels like it's safer for the car electrics to do this, but I don't know if there's any science behind it or whether it's just me being paranoid :))

[cliokiz]

I always bang the charger on the battery whilst in the car. **** it

[Chris197F1]

Yeah charged it last night with it in situ, just removed the terminals beforehand