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New charger needed - CTEK MXS 5?

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tigerspill

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Hi,

I have been using my old CTEK charger for many years but it had died. It's a Multi XS 3600.

So I need to replace it. When I google, it looks like the Porsche branded versions of the CTEK look very similar to mine.

Will I be OK going for the CTEK MXS 5? This seems to be around £55 on Amazon.
Current car is 997.2 C4S if that makes any difference.

Can i use the 12v cigarette lighter socket to charge or am I better connecting to the battery?

Thanks.
 
I would suggest MXS 7.0 as it copes with larger batteries. It's the one I use and I have the other half hard wired to the battery, with the battery status indicator. (CTX INDICATOR EYELET M8 )
 
jl-c said:
I would suggest MXS 7.0 as it copes with larger batteries. It's the one I use and I have the other half hard wired to the battery, with the battery status indicator. (CTX INDICATOR EYELET M8 )
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Thanks. Will take a look. But the 7 seems a big jump in price (£55 for the 5 and £112 for the 7).
 
How would I know if I had an AGM battery?
I believe it is a Porsche original part battery.
 
I recently bought an MXS 5.0, and it seems to work much better with the Bosch S5 battery, than my old XS 3600 charger did.
 
Poker2009 said:
I recently bought an MXS 5.0, and it seems to work much better with the Bosch S5 battery, than my old XS 3600 charger did.
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Thanks. Think I will go for it. At half the price of the MXS 7, It is an easier buy.
 
tigerspill said:
Hi,

I have been using my old CTEK charger for many years but it had died. It's a Multi XS 3600.

So I need to replace it. When I google, it looks like the Porsche branded versions of the CTEK look very similar to mine.

Will I be OK going for the CTEK MXS 5? This seems to be around £55 on Amazon.
Current car is 997.2 C4S if that makes any difference.

Can i use the 12v cigarette lighter socket to charge or am I better connecting to the battery?

Thanks.
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I use the CTEK MXS 5 with the extension lead and cigarette socket plug - works perfectly to condition my BOSCH S5 battery.
 
CTEK MXS 5 working fine on my 944 Turbo and 996 C2
 
Re: is this for real?

DAVIDGT996 said:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CTEK-Multi-MXS-5-0-12V-SMART-Fully-Automatic-Battery-Charger-UK-PLUG/323866083226?hash=item4b67ec3f9a:g:J6QAAOSwv9ldNtXk
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too good to be true..
 
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