runner Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 Hi have a Porsche 981, 9.5 years old .. I’ve a charger attached that has worked fine for years but this year it’s started getting to the 4 green lights out of 8 status .. and then flashing green light bottom left .. and all other lights turn off … CTEK MS 5.0 … is the battery just too old or is it the trickle charger ? Any ideas ? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenman986s Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 I'll wager it's the charger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmand Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 Definitely worth getting the battery tested and or trying a different charger - I’ve seen a few posts where the charger or extension cable have been faulty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul P Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 1 hour ago, runner said: Hi have a Porsche 981, 9.5 years old .. I’ve a charger attached that has worked fine for years but this year it’s started getting to the 4 green lights out of 8 status .. and then flashing green light bottom left .. and all other lights turn off … CTEK MS 5.0 … is the battery just too old or is it the trickle charger ? Any ideas ? Thanks What’s the manual for the ctek say about that light “combo”? i have found them (ctek) very responsive if you email them and they recently honoured a 5 Year warranty of my unit when it started giving me “red light” on my battery that said. If you still have the original battery in the car then it has done well and could well be past its best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moospeed Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 I read about these trickle charger issues when they posted and makes me wonder. I haven’t got a trickle on mine and didn’t in the last one either for the three years I owned it. Both ten years old. Both on the original batteries as far as I know. Have I just been lucky? They seem very good, the last one I hadn’t driven for five weeks once and it was good as gold - the only sign it wanted a bit of charge being that it disabled the stop-start for the first half hour or so. None of my S1 Elises or VX220 would last more than 9-10 days. Was familiar with that turn of the key and click click click sound. So there was a similar apprehension with the Box when I got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menoporsche Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 21 hours ago, runner said: Hi have a Porsche 981, 9.5 years old Possibly the original battery, in which case it is definitely worth changing. It might die in one month or two years, but when it does die it could give you real headaches (eg you can't get into the car and your locking wheel nut key is in the glovebox). If it's original, definitely consider getting a new one by now. Your problem might in this case be the charger but the above still applies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JurassicBGTS Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 On 3/11/2024 at 6:47 PM, runner said: Hi have a Porsche 981, 9.5 years old .. I’ve a charger attached that has worked fine for years but this year it’s started getting to the 4 green lights out of 8 status .. and then flashing green light bottom left .. and all other lights turn off … CTEK MS 5.0 … is the battery just too old or is it the trickle charger ? Any ideas ? Thanks Are you using a CTEK extension cable? Have the rubber grommets in the connector perished as the pins then don't connect properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runner Posted March 12 Author Report Share Posted March 12 Yes I am ..: will have to check the pins thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JurassicBGTS Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 (edited) 50 minutes ago, runner said: Yes I am ..: will have to check the pins thanks Try it somehow without the CTEK extension. Mine was doing exactly the same before I left for a few months. Connected directly to the charger without the extension and it was fine, so my extension was sending some form of error to the charger. Edited March 12 by JurassicBGTS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runner Posted March 13 Author Report Share Posted March 13 Thanks will do ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JurassicBGTS Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 On 3/13/2024 at 9:17 AM, runner said: Thanks will do ! How did you get on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menoporsche Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 He's locked out... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Genie Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 (edited) On 3/12/2024 at 7:50 PM, JurassicBGTS said: Are you using a CTEK extension cable? I had the same problem a while back. The connection pins in the extension lead of the CTEK needed bending slightly to make a better contact. This was on a brand new item. No problems since 😊 Edited March 18 by Green Genie Removed unnecessary text 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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