Help please; battery charger question

[Pepscobra]

Tonight I realised I left the ignition on in the car for most of the day and now the bettery is pretty cactus.
I've only got a small Ctek 0.8A charger from my motorbike available to me right now tonight.
If I hook this up to the car battery, will it be able to charge it enough overnight to be able to start in the morning?
Btw, battery is 600CCA.

[barrys123]

Originally Posted by Pepscobra

Tonight I realised I left the ignition on in the car for most of the day and now the bettery is pretty cactus.
I've only got a small Ctek 0.8A charger from my motorbike available to me right now tonight.
If I hook this up to the car battery, will it be able to charge it enough overnight to be able to start in the morning?
Btw, battery is 600CCA.

It probably will, but there's not a lot left of the night.

[Phildo]

I've got a Ctek MXS25 here that will charge it in a few hours (I'm in Como), but why not just jump start the car and leave it idling for a while?

[Pepscobra]

Ok, thanks Barry, fingers crossed!

[Pepscobra]

Originally Posted by Phildo

I've got a Ctek MXS25 here that will charge it in a few hours (I'm in Como), but why not just jump start the car and leave it idling for a while?

Hi Phil, I've recently moved house and don't have any jump cables here yet.
Nor do I know anyone nearby with any.
I'll see how the small charger goes overnight and figure something else out in the morning. I guess it's too late to stress about it now. Ah well.

[Phildo]

SMS sent. What suburb are you in?

[Pepscobra]

I'm in Freo Phil, but honestly I couldn't trouble you this late at night mate, it's just not right.
I'm sincerely grateful for the offer though, extremely grateful.
I do have roadside assistance I can call in the morning if the charger doesn't work.

[Phildo]

Originally Posted by Pepscobra

I'm in Freo Phil, but honestly I couldn't trouble you this late at night mate, it's just not right.

Slept too much this afternoon and now I'm awake for the rest of the night... and bloody bored!

Originally Posted by Pepscobra

I do have roadside assistance I can call in the morning if the charger doesn't work.

Easy solution. Call them when you get up, get the car jump-started and leave it idling. That, and the drive to work, should put enough charge back in the battery.

I spat the dummy with battery dramas in taxis last year, so bought all the top-of-the-line stuff... C-tek MXS25 battery charger, Projecta HP2000 jump starter and Midtronics battery tester. I got all the battery toys these days.

If you need a replacement battery, SuperCharge have recently moved to Kewdale. Grab an MF50 from them if required.

[barrys123]

Phil,
What are those MF50 rated at,
Thanks.

[Pepscobra]

Good news, the little charger did the trick this morning.
Car started... Just.

I agree with you Phil, the SuperCharge batteries are great.
I have an MF50 in my FPV. They are rated at 660cca from memory.
Good battery so far. I'll be putting one in my Ford Escape too when the time comes. Although the Century battery that's in there now seems ok too.

[Phildo]

Originally Posted by barrys123

Phil,
What are those MF50 rated at,

650CCA and 107RC.

Shop around and you'll pay around $150 for one.