Battery Charging and Conditioning

[PDS]

Hi, I have just become the proud owner of a 2010 XKR 5.0 Convertible and as winter is quickly approaching the car will have limited use. 

With this I need some advice on:

1. Where to connect the battery charger/conditioner - either hard wired directly onto the battery terminals with the cable protruding out the cover into the boot to plug in or onto the jump points behind the louver panel on the left hand side of the boot.

2. Is the attached equipment adequate to plug in as a battery charger/conditioner?

Thanks 

[Jimbov8]

47 minutes ago, PDS said:

Hi, I have just become the proud owner of a 2010 XKR 5.0 Convertible and as winter is quickly approaching the car will have limited use. 

With this I need some advice on:

1. Where to connect the battery charger/conditioner - either hard wired directly onto the battery terminals with the cable protruding out the cover into the boot to plug in or onto the jump points behind the louver panel on the left hand side of the boot.

2. Is the attached equipment adequate to plug in as a battery charger/conditioner?

Thanks 

Hi Paul,

Do not fit your charger direct to the battery as you will bypass the battery monitoring system (BMS). The negative of your charger should go to a suitable ground point. Here is my, Jaguar recommended installation;

and what it looks like with the trim in place:

The charger you have will be fine.👍

[PDS]

Thanks Jim, that's the best advise and illustration I have had so far, much appreciated. 

[Spyderromeo]

6 hours ago, Jimbov8 said:

Hi Paul,

Do not fit your charger direct to the battery as you will bypass the battery monitoring system (BMS). The negative of your charger should go to a suitable ground point. Here is my, Jaguar recommended installation;

and what it looks like with the trim in place:

The charger you have will be fine.👍

Hi Paul

I am told that there is an easier solution, I have just acquired a XKR 4.2 supercharged convertible and when I  bought it, the seller explained to me how to do the charging/conditioning with connection in the louvre covered panel just behind the rear lights on the left hand side of the boot.

If this comment works some clever feller will answer it and I won't have to ring my seller and say I can't remember how to do it. I will keep looking and if you don't get a reply, I will ring my man up and eat a bit of humble pie. I will then tell you how you can do it slightly easier than Jim has proposed.

Jim seems to be on the ball, but I think the photos were of a coupe not a convertible.

 

Jim but Spiderromeo also