Battery Charging Socket - has anyone found it

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Hi AllNew Exige owner here, have just upgraded from S1 Elise - now proud owner of X46NNO (Chrome Orange)I’m v. mechanically minded and do most stuff myself - so looking forward to contributing to this BBS now I have defected from the Elise BBS :-)Anyway - to my point - I have searched the archive for details of the elusive Battery charging point behind the seats.Has anyone actually found it, as I am buggered if I can!!!

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quote:Originally posted by Mark Barrett:I’m v. mechanically minded and do most stuff myself - so looking forward to contributing to this BBS now I have defected from the Elise BBS :-)Welcome, Mark [image]http://www.exiges.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/grin.gif[/image] quote:Anyway - to my point - I have searched the archive for details of the elusive Battery charging point behind the seats.Has anyone actually found it, as I am buggered if I can!!!I decided to buy a �19.99 trickle charger from Halfords - crocodile clips to the battery terminals & works a treat - provided you remember to undo the clips before reversing out of the garage [image]http://www.exiges.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/wink.gif[/image]

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quote:Originally posted by Mark Barrett:I have searched the archive for details of the elusive Battery charging point behind the seats.Has anyone actually found it, as I am buggered if I can!!!I don’t think it exists. I believe it’s something from the 340R that never made it to the Exige.However, you seem to be suggesting a pretty severe consequence of actually finding it, so I shalln’t be looking again! [image]http://www.exiges.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/wink.gif[/image]Ian [image]http://www.exiges.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/smile.gif[/image]ps. I have a CSi Airflow, which I believe is the one Lotus brand (and double the price). I have run the connectors from the battery through the rubber grommet in the passenger footwell, so the battery can be left charging over night with the charger inside the car and alarm on.

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Thanks guysThat is exactly what I had done with my Elise (I already have an Airflow) - was hoping to not have to muck around with leaving a bonnet/boot lid open when I read the Exige manual.

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Or you could save yourselves a HEAP load of trouble and get the Airflow charger that plugs into the cigarette lighter socket.Saves faffing around with finding battery terminals etc.

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Unfortunately the lighter socket is live only with the ignition on - daft really, same as the stereo.

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quote:Originally posted by Rob Gibbons:Unfortunately the lighter socket is live only with the ignition on - daft really, same as the stereo.Yeah, I went there before ending up feeding wires through grommets. In the end that was easier than sorting the lighter out so it was on all the time (analysing wiring looms etc).

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quote:Unfortunately the lighter socket is live only with the ignition on - daft really, same as the stereo Doh ! Yeah, I forgot about that…