Ctek battery quick charger advise please

Most Jayco vans that have a battery pack installed already have a battery charger/power supplier built in. It is usually a black square facia that has fuses in it and there would be a switch somewhere that turns this system over to the charger.
Or are you doing away with inbuilt one and installing the Ctek one? if so you would be better to go to the 25amp job.

The one built in is usually 10 or 20amp model.

This CTEK battery charger thingy had me intrigued as to just what Tina G was referring to, so I did the most unusual of things - Yep! I typed CTEK into the EX-OZ search engine.

It's obviously a well known item/subject as a trillion hits came up regarding same that discussed all manner of things concerning these jobbies.

So informative that I think I might just purchase one and install it in my Jayco.

Thanks Tina G for pointing me in the right direction.

DD

Before you spend the bikkies take a look at the Projecta range.
We've had two Ctek's (7 amp and 25 amp) for a few years and both have performed perfectly.
When fitting out our Oka motorhome I wanted to install one permanently, didn't want to use the 25 amp Ctek as it comes in handy for quickly charging batteries at home so went looking for another. The Projecta has a few big advantages, 1/ it can be set up manually to charge different types of batteries (gel, AGM, wet cell etc). 2/ It has a clear display which shows battery voltage and state of charge clearly and best of all it has a remote head which is easily fitted in a viewable location when the charger is buried somewhere, 3/ a tad cheaper than a Ctek and every bit as good especially when bought online through ebay.
There are also Matson brand chargers although I have no experience with these.

Hi Tina,

What size/type (AGM,gel, leadacid) battery do you have in mind. This can determine what size charger you can use. Ive got 2 Cteks 25 and 7 amp and they are superb but take a look at Sidewinder's (business member here on EO) web. He's got some good gear and a fair bit cheaper.

You would prob need someone to permanently install it if your not that confident. It's fairly easy but it could cause you more hassles then its worth.

Cheers Wilko

Hello Tina. The first thing is I am no expert, but I was looking for a battery charger some time back & someone told me to make sure I got one that would charge my particular battery.
So I did a search of the battery & the manufacturer had a recommended charge rate for the particular battery.
I forget what the battery was but it was a wet cell lead acid & I do remember it had a minimum required input of 14ah. Like I said. I forget most of the details. There were more.
So find out what model your battery is & google that & find the manufacturers specs & start from there.

Hi Tina G,

As you have been advised the Sterling range of Jayco caravans have a built in power supply.

Having said that I have a 25 amp CTEK (XS 25000) and would not be with out it.

I used to go through batteries on the farm here with the several diesel motors we have and charging them with the old conventional chargers was more of a problem than you could imagine. Finished up with a pallet load of dead batteries.

I now put any of the batteries on the CTEK and and walk away and forget it for a day or two, or even a week for that matter. They only do good to a battery.

Strongly advise you to get one as they will charge any sort of lead acid battery.
Even if you have a charger in the Sterling as these CTEKs are the bees knees as they say.

just charged up 2 - 100 amp hr batteries which have not been charged for 4 years and they were dead as a maggot. One day on the CTEK and we now have 12.8 amps per battery. Yet to do a load test but it is looking promising.

Buy the 25 amp model as you will not regret it and I have seen them on Ebay for about $270 without the battery clamps but they have eyelet connectors on them which is OK anyway if you are connecting them into a circuit semi permanently.

The 25 amp unit gives the batteries a big belt on start up and that is what they need from my experience.

Projector might be as good but I have not used one. They are expensive but probably worth it.

Cheers, bruce.

Tina, the setec charger installed in your jayco should be all you need, as previously mentioned the battery switch must be on for the battery to charge, buying another charger is a waste of $$s you can check out the specs on the setec site http://www.setec.com.au/faq_jayco.html.

Cheers