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    RussBird82 replied to the thread Battery Maintenance.
    I think it was removed by the previous owner. Possibly for that reason. Looks like a new battery is on the cards, I did a 4hr repair...
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    RussBird82 reacted to spkennyuk's post in the thread Battery Maintenance with Like Like.
    I think Ctek from 10 years ago were indeed the top of the line chargers. However if you look at reviews in the last 5 years or so the...
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    RussBird82 replied to the thread Battery Maintenance.
    I really like the Hulkman Sigma 5, appreciate CTEK is the known brand but Amazon reviews aren't spectacular. My only criticism of my...
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    RussBird82 reacted to SE_123's post in the thread Battery Maintenance with Like Like.
    I have a CTEK mx5.0 To be honest, I have not found it to be that great. The cable/connector convenience is good, but I do find often...
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    RussBird82 reacted to cheshiremaserati's post in the thread Battery Maintenance with Like Like.
    I never use the battery isolate switch. I use the CTEK all the time. When laid up from end of September until April or May and...
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    RussBird82 replied to the thread Battery Maintenance.
    Do you ever use these isolate switch? I assume it's meant for car not in use summer or colder winter/while charging?
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    RussBird82 reacted to cheshiremaserati's post in the thread Battery Maintenance with Like Like.
    The CTEK is the gold standard. I have both cars connected permanently when laid up from end September to April/May. I put both cars on...
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    RussBird82 replied to the thread Battery Maintenance.
    Thanks for the advice. Cost isn't as issue as batteries are batteries. Just seems strange the 4200 is so quick to drain . No tracker...
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    RussBird82 reacted to Scaf's post in the thread Battery Maintenance with Like Like.
    I have had various “exotic” cars all of which have needed up with completely flat batteries at one stage or another and all have been...
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    RussBird82 reacted to CatmanV2's post in the thread Battery Maintenance with Like Like.
    @SE_123 experience matches my own. I had a connector with an extended low voltage cable so that all the mains voltages were in the...
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    RussBird82 replied to the thread Battery Maintenance.
    I don't have an external socket at present. Current 'charge for any length of time' set up is cable by back door wedged closed with a...
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    RussBird82 posted the thread Battery Maintenance in 3200, 4200, Spyder & GranSport.
    Bought my car last year with what was a newish battery at the time. Never owned a car before that needed to be hooked up to a maintainer...
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    RussBird82 replied to the thread Wheelarch rust repair .
    I imagine a body shop could clean it up and respray the wing for maybe £500-750. But as others have said fitting those tyres to a...
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    RussBird82 reacted to Zep's post in the thread Limp mode? with Like Like.
    Not you as well! Thread 'Similar to limp mode' https://www.sportsmaserati.com/index.php?threads/similar-to-limp-mode.38478/
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    RussBird82 posted the thread Limp mode? in 3200, 4200, Spyder & GranSport.
    Just drove the car for the first time in over a week after a couple of hundred miles in a couple of days. Battery had run down a bit so...
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