YABTP: Making the "Battery Conditioner Connected" light

Still looking for an answer for this, has anyone with a 360 successfully used this cable?

 

This cable adapter will work if your 360 is equipped with the optional charging connector mounted in the brake fluid reservoir compartment (see below).

In the earlier model year 360's, the instrument cluster does not contain the battery charger symbol. The instrument cluster may have been modified for the later MY cars to add this. If your car has it, it should light up momentarily on start-up along with all the other symbols.
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Thanks for that detailed info... my car is in for MOT at the moment, I shall check once it returns later this week.

 

Anyone asking for 488 cables yet? Looks like Ferrari has a better ctek now than the old one. Also they use the new magnetic connector so not sure if that is available to make a new ctek pigtail without cutting it off and using it from the OEM factory one.

Might need cable if the OEM charger ever dies.

 

Warren,

Good to hear you are still making them and can also do so for the magnetic style on the 488 and Cali. I don't have a 488 right now, but when I order mine or pick one up I will definitely want a cable so I have flexibility on the Ctek I want to use vs using only Ferrari supplied Ctek.

Also, I agree with you to keep the cables at that higher price and the obsessive high quality and care you take in making them. No reason for us Ferrari guys to skimp here on quarter million plus cars. I have one of your cables for my 458 and the attention to the big and small details on these is appreciated.

I'll reach out when my 488 is inbound! (or maybe just grab one well before it is)

 

Just sharing my solution is to use a cigarette plug adapter - Porsche trickle charger which is CTEK - from my previous 911. Works perfectly on my 355. You can't miss it's connected when you jump in the car.

 

Did the same in my 355, but from the 360 forward, the cigarette lighter is switched with the ignition, so this will not work.

 

I too have started to drive out of the garage. Put the charger, if its large enough or a wheel chock in the direction you move to get out of the garage. I have a Opima Charger, which is big enough to use as a chock. I was planning on putting a lanyard disconnect inline with the direction of travel out. That way if I had a total brain fart, no damage would occur. If I can't remember to disconnect the charger, maybe I shouldn't be driving.

 

No 'sense" wire means no ignition interlock either? That seems a step backward...

 

I agree that I think their logic was the magsafe connector eliminates the need for the sense wire but have to wonder how easy it could have been to simply keep that for little extra safety...

 

How do I order one of these cables?

 

Desperately seeking the adaptor to connect my Ctek 5.0 to the boot socket of my California 30.

Help !

Thanks

SmokeyMo

 

Warren (or anyone else):

Is there a CTEK adapter made for the 612? Parts catalogue shows a CTEK charger as an option. Below is a photo of the charge port which does not work with the one that you have been making. I had ordered one marketed on ebay that said it was for the 612 but a completely different set up. Any suggestions on how to get something to work for this style of plug?

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Warren, are you still making the conversion kits? I'm switching to a Granite battery tender for my 2008 Scuderia and I'd like to use the standard plug. Let me know if you are and what the transaction process is. Thanks.

 

Better to just private message him. If you are reasonably handy, you can simply follow his instructions and make your own, that is what I did. You will need to be very specific what charger you are adapting to, as Warren is mainly focused on Ctek adapters, but making it for a Granite should be a cake walk. The Granite plug is almost universally used by all other battery tender companies.

 

Thanks for the information. On the 360 page someone shared the information for an existing CTEK connector that he said worked with his Aston that had the round 3 pin type of plug. Its designed for a mobility scooter. It doesn't twist and lock on like the original but looks to simply plug into the 3 pins. I'm looking to see if that plug is available and if it fits the early 612's. I am hearing that Ferrari made the change sometime in 2007 to the CTEK style plug.

 

I know this is an old post but some information is just timeless....especially since I just purchased a 2007 F430 and am very interested in how to attach a battery charger _and_ I'm a big CTEK fan using it with my other vehicles.

I was thinking of making my own connector but could not find the strain relief in stock and then I don't have the correct crimpers So I was looking for an easy/cheaper solution.

If folks are still landing on this thread because they're in a similar situation, I did find this fellow ("chedzem") on eBay in the UK that sells a "Ctek Ferrari Battery Charger / Conditioner Adapter Cable - 4 pin Type" for $62USD. This is just the CTEK adapter/plug - not the charger. He has them for all different makes and models. I've ordered one - will check it out with the multimeter against the info here in this thread before I dare plug it into my baby.

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