John it's more of a safety issue than anything. Will it work grounded to the negative terminal, yes. Should you ground it there, no. It's always better to be safe than sorry.
OK, it was you who answered a question that wasn’t directed to you not me.
So both the POS & NEG are permanent connections and the temp connection is the 120 VAC correct?John it's more of a safety issue than anything. Will it work grounded to the negative terminal, yes. Should you ground it there, no. It's always better to be safe than sorry.
John, I'm not sure what you mean by Temp connection but the instal instruction from CTEK state this. Hope this helps.
To be fair, this is a forum, not a private message. If you don't like open debate, you may want to avoid most of the internet. And just because you don't like the reply, or the person giving it, doesn't mean they're wrong. If you feel you already know the answer, don't ask questions to be disappointed.
Temp as in temporary. On my Polaris Ranger I have my float charger hard wired at the battery and I mounted an AC outlet to the body where I connect my extension cord. I thought I saw in your pictures you had your AC cord coming out of the front grill area.John, I'm not sure what you mean by Temp connection but the instal instruction from CTEK state this. Hope this helps.
Well, to be fair, my question was to AZS as to why he did something a certain way.
Yes I hard wired mine so I didn't have to lift the hood every time I wanted to connect the maintainer by the clips. The charger itself isn't wired into the engine bay it's still remote and plugs into the wall outlet then the lead from the tow hook plugs into the lead from the charger. The longer leads are only for the quick connect lines running to the maintainer. Sorry if what I said earlier was confusing it's been a long week. lol
So the negative is connected directly to chassis ground. So I don’t buy that. I think it’s more for using clip leads to avoid creating a spark at the battery to prevent explosion. Permanent install will not create spark at the battery so there should be no issue installing on both posts.
The reason has nothing to do with sparks. It is all about the BMS sensing any change in the charge of the battery. By connting the maintainer directly to battery terminals you bypass the sensor and system does not see the charge being added to the battery. The system even keeps track of the inservice time of the battery and needs to be reset if you change the battery.
I guess we should try to agree to disagree.
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That’s a 65 year old juvenile delinquent to you and I call the warden my wife.. Still on the inside… again.You're a what??
I thought you were a Juvenile Delinquent? When did they let you out of Juvie? ?
? yeah I was one of the design guys for something you may have heard about.. GPS satellites.. yeah I’m that old..You're a what??
I thought you were a Juvenile Delinquent? When did they let you out of Juvie? ?
