SpyderDavidandrew0401Our 981 Spyder came with a "free" Porsche battery conditioner (Rebadged CTEK) - but in came with the 12v power plug to go into the internal socket. I am looking for an adapter(?) or even multiple converters to have a permanent connection (via spade connectors) on the battery and feed to cable in under the front avoiding all rubber seals. I can find cables with the spade connectors and with a small connector to tuck under the front hood - but none that will take a 12v plug designed for the old cigarette lighter socket? Am I looking for the impossible or am I going to start cable cutting and build my own?? Thanks for any clues AndrewYou need the CTEK connector that has the larger eyelets so that you can fit one side of the connection to the chassis point - either the wiper base or there is another point on the passenger side suspension turret that will take a bolt and do the same. Do not connect both sides directly to the battery or you bypass the little black box that controls the charging regime - all explained in the manual. None of the 12v sockets stay live in my Spyder - seems that at some point Porsche changed the software as some 981s work and others don’t.
andrew0401Our 981 Spyder came with a "free" Porsche battery conditioner (Rebadged CTEK) - but in came with the 12v power plug to go into the internal socket. I am looking for an adapter(?) or even multiple converters to have a permanent connection (via spade connectors) on the battery and feed to cable in under the front avoiding all rubber seals. I can find cables with the spade connectors and with a small connector to tuck under the front hood - but none that will take a 12v plug designed for the old cigarette lighter socket? Am I looking for the impossible or am I going to start cable cutting and build my own?? Thanks for any clues Andrew
AndrewCSCan you post a picture of what you have ? My understanding is that you have a male aux socket on the output of your charger - that can be attached to the female ctek cig socket - that can be connected to the battery / chassis via the ctek / Fraserparts connector ?
AndrewCSIs this your charger - will connecting these three work for you ?
AndrewCSThe fused battery - chassis connector from Fraserparts has M8 terminals, picture shows where connector resides when not in use ... the bonnet has a recess in this area hence no interference To use ... it has sufficient length to reach the trim aperture at the w/wiper - from there connect to the cig socket section - then to charger ... if you require more length Fraserparts can supply a 2.5m extension lead
AndrewCSThe items in post 24 will do what want ... going left to right in the picture 1. Attach M8 ring terminals of fused connector lead to battery and n/s suspension turret, the other end of this is a female CTEK connector (incorporating a traffic light battery condition indicator) 2. Use the male CTEK connector of the CONNECT Cig socket lead to attach to the female CTEK connector above 3. Use the female socket of the CONNECT Cig socket to connect to your charger`s male adapter 4. Plug charger to mains If you require additional length of cable then Fraserparts can provide a 2.5m CTEK connector male / female extension - this can go between the battery connector lead and the CONNECT Cig socket lead
andrew0401AndrewCSCan you post a picture of what you have ? My understanding is that you have a male aux socket on the output of your charger - that can be attached to the female ctek cig socket - that can be connected to the battery / chassis via the ctek / Fraserparts connector ? https://imgur.com/M0qqYX2
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