Thanks for the comments; interesting to learn that Bentley supply Ctek chargers as a standard item.
"I spent a lot of time looking into this a few years ago"
It seems to have become a much more complicated topic if you want to get it right. In the 50s, when I was a lad, and my dad used to be decoking a cylinder head on the kitchen table while we worked round him - eating tea or doing homework ...... battery/charger choice appeared simple. It was, more or less, Lucas or Exide batteries and a charger that looked like the business bit of a valve-radio - held captive in a metal cage. Nowadays there are several types of batteries, many different brands, and a multiple choice of chargers all claiming to do everything - brilliantly.
BTW, Manatee, you were absolutely correct about the wicking effect of the Moss cockpit cover straps! I couldn't find a way of getting the strap under the corner of the bootlid, so I'd left it in place while I pondered. I looked today and, sure enough, water had started to wick into the boot. There were only a couple of egg-cups full but, given a bit longer, I can see how you could have found 2 inches of water in there. This is a very definite basic design flaw. I now have to think of a non-intrusive way of pinning the rear of the cover down - self-tappers won't do! Actually, I wonder if the wicking could be prevented if the dried strap were impregnated with, say, vaseline?
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