Trickle charger

My Ferrari (bought used) had a CTEK charger. But it has a wiring harness. It looks like my Cali T has a adapter under the trunk lip. I need this type of adapter. Genuine Ferrari Battery Trickle Conditioner Charger Brand New | eBay

Does anyone have this type of charger under the back of the trunk? It's on the outside of the car, you can't see it unless you get down low and look up.

Or do I just wire up the harness that cam with the car?

I saw a video on ebay showing hooking up harness on F430.

How do I hook up on California T 2015?

 

OP: welcome - fairly sure when this question has been asked before the answer is look at the owners manual for how the wire is run and that thats fine

I think it says something like: run the connection cable underneath the luggage compartment lid in the outer/rear corner

2P - there's the prewired plug which has recently changed to the disc shown in your link and then there's the standard CTEK connectors - if you search on CTEK there's threads describing the various ends - it took years for someone to make an adaptor to the earlier plug so I suspect there is nothing yet from the standard CTEK to disc ie permitting use of a standard charger to the Ferrari wiring

 

So I need to purchase a Ferrari charger to use the disc.

 

Just let the trunk lid down gently over the cord. You don't have to latch the trunk shut if you are not concerned about preventing people from accessing the inside of your trunk. You can also close the trunk over the cord if you prefer.

This question has been answered many times before so please search the threads next time before starting yet another thread on an old question.

 

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I would think you need this one CTEK Connect to MagCode Power Clip

Elmar

 

I've done it both ways but I don't latch my trunk as the car is only stored in my garage. Glad to see you are enjoying your Cali30.

Have you tried braking to a stop from a good clip in higher gears while holding onto the downshift paddle? You can also selectively downshift from 2nd to 1st while braking the car with the engine at a higher rev.

 

Exactly what I need. But I can't find it on their web site or anywhere in US.

 

It's normal for it to be warm/hot on Amber until it goes green then should subside

 

I had to opt out from the Ferrari dispensed trickler charger due to it's small output. I went for a more powerful ctek unit with an adapter to fit in the California . Good luck

 

I had to opt out from the Ferrari dispensed trickler charger due it's small output. I went for a more powerful ctek unit with an adapter it fit in the California . Good luck

 

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I changed the original (poor) Ferrari Ctek charger to a Ctek MSX 5.0 and modified the Ferrari connection plug with the Ctek standard plug at the other end.

Daniel

 

Beautiful Cali! I close the trunk on my cord even though it is parked in a locked garage. You will find that the Cali easily lasts 3 weeks without a charger attached which only happens when the roads get snow and ice covered as my FF is all wheel drive. Both cars have snow tires so I actually drive the Cali in the winter too. You should find that with regular driving you really never need to use the charger unless you define regular driving as every Saturday to a car show an nothing else.

If the charge starts to not last that long then you need a battery. The Cali is not too hard on batteries like the FF is.

 

Same question...also have a 2014 Cali...how do you run the cord out of the trunk???

 

I close the trunk on the cord. Haven’t had any issues.


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Ditto. I try to avoid having the cord be anywhere near the locking mechanism though. Up higher left or right, there's some felt-like material that's a tad softer. That's where I put the cord, and then I try not to slam the boot lid down, but just drop it gently with just enough force to catch and lock.
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Ok...thanks

 

I just took delivery of my California, and the dealer told me to close the trunk on the battery charger cord, because the weatherstrip is thick enough that nothing is damaged.