Well not quite but i have a brand new battery but if i leave my zed for 2 weeks i get a flat battery so i am getting a car solar panel car battery recharger. Dad has a clapped out Citroen Xantia that gets flat batteries so he is getting one too. £20 from Maplins :)

 

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=98358&C=Maplin&U=SearchTop&T=SOLAR&doy=12m4

I got one of these you can have for free. It totally drained my battery!

 

they are rubbish!

ROFL! Well they are not suppoed to do that. Blimey.

i got one from maplins shop

 

i cut the fag lighter bit off and wired it direct to 12v always live

 

my car had some charge in it but wasnt great, next morning was totally flat

 

(never been totally dead before) Charged it up with a proper charger and it was fine.

 

ripped it out and its been behind my sofa in a pile of junk ever since!

 

Ps it wont work on the zed,s fag lighter socket as its not connected to the battery when the ignition switch is off

 

And it made me late for work! lol

I got one from ebay, and works fine but it is a 2w one

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUNSEI-SE-135-2W-Solar-Car-Battery-Charger-ICP-NEW-NIB_W0QQitemZ270107153743QQihZ017QQcategoryZ9895QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

maybe i got a duff one then, although i tested it with a voltmeter and it does output some voltage

I will put some diodes on mine so the solar power only goes out.

i got one from maplins shop

 

i cut the fag lighter bit off and wired it direct to 12v always live

 

my car had some charge in it but wasnt great, next morning was totally flat

 

(never been totally dead before) Charged it up with a proper charger and it was fine.

 

ripped it out and its been behind my sofa in a pile of junk ever since!

 

Ps it wont work on the zed,s fag lighter socket as its not connected to the battery when the ignition switch is off

 

And it made me late for work! lol

 

probably flattened the battery because when you cut the cigarette lighter plug off you cut the diode out (which is normally soldered in the plug itself) which stops the battery back feeding to the solar panel and in turn flattening ur batt. Stick a diode back inline and it'll work perfect again i bet.