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[Gwilym]

I had a constant live to my lighter socket on the last car I use it on (Jeep), haven't used it on the omega yet so I guess I will have to look at that. It did have some clips to go straight to the battery that came with it!

You don't need sun, just daylight will keep it topped up

[x25xe]

I have a new battery in my Omega and can leave it for around a month with no problems.  I had thought about a solar panel but then remembered that you should not charge a battery with the alternator still connected.  It could well damage the diode pack.  Just a thought.

If it were me, and I was not confident about the battery, I would simply buy a new one, charge it fully overnight using a trickle charger and then fit it.

[Andy B]

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Yeah, thought of leaving the seat back unlatched.  Still counts as breaking in in my book, with my back.   Visions of my old Rover 214 where I had to climb in from the passenger side.  

2000 Omega! That's a face lift isn't it? If so you don't have a boot/T-runk ( ) key lock

[Bo Bo]

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Yeah, thought of leaving the seat back unlatched.  Still counts as breaking in in my book, with my back.   Visions of my old Rover 214 where I had to climb in from the passenger side.  

2000 Omega! That's a face lift isn't it? If so you don't have a boot/T-runk ( ) key lock

It's a mini-facelift & it does  

[Salty]

I use one of the solar chargers but the ciggy lighter being off causes a problem. I wired mine into a power feed that was always on, last car I had I used the feed to the boot courtesy light. The one I have has in built diode protection so I can leave it plugged in with engine running, so just wired it in and left it on parcel shelf. Generally it provides enough power to counteract the power drain of the car alarm.

[Taxi_Driver]

I have a solar panel (cost about £20) that sits on the dash and then plugs into the cigarette lighter to keep the battery topped up.

I bought one of these but it would only work with the ignition on? Tried both lighter sockets!

That's a good point. Think you would need to run a cable direct to the battery for it to work.

Both my lighter sockets work with the key removed. I even leave the phone to charge hidden under the seat...

Mine doesnt.....so that might be a prob.....a bit of rewiring should fix the prob tho......a solar panel charger will only trickle charge so should fine with battery still connected.....plus as Gwilym says daylight should be enough.

[Andy B]

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It's a mini-facelift & it does  

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