Trickle charge through the cig lighter socket

[jboy012000]

Hi All,

Hope everyone is doing ok.

I have a Berlingo multi space 2014 model, I have got a solar trickle charger to keep the battery topped up as it’s not my daily driver and it’s a couple of weeks maybe longer before I use it.

My question is: can I use the cig lighter socket / 12 volt socket to plug the panel into as it comes with an adapter or will I have to plug it on the battery.

If I have to plug directly to the battery Citroen in there infinite wisdom have fitted an assembly on top of the battery itself so I can only get the the positive terminal, can I fit the negative clip to a grounding on the engine bay, if that’s wrong and you fall over laughing I do apologise ??

Thanks

John

[brodfather11]

There is a grounding (earth ) point on the inner wing to the right of the battery. Use that

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My K9 Berlingo turns off the cig lighter after a few minutes so I doubt it works the other way.

I installed permanent quick connectors on the battery terminals of all my vehicles so I can plug in the CTEK charger any time I need to top off or just to maintain.

[jboy012000]

Thanks for the replies, much appreciated I’ll sort it when I get home