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For those living in flats - how do you maintain the battery?

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1 hour ago, StephenFord said:

It shouldn't surprise you at all, the government got involved...

Part of their effort to support the Chinese economy by getting us to buy Chinese EVs (MG, BYD, etc) or those with Chinese batteries. Alternatively to buy battery chargers/boosters for our ICE cars (both my Noco and C-tek products have "made in China" on the box.😀)

18 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

The GB40 is regularly on offer.  Mine cost about £55 a couple of years ago.

Where was that, Tom? Keep looking around and £98.50 seems to be the going rate at the mo.

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    5 minutes ago, Eric Bloodaxe said:

    Part of their effort to support the Chinese economy by getting us to buy Chinese

    An excellent point! UK Ministers always trot out the same line that going 'green' will create 1000s of new jobs. It does, but sadly they are all in China, not the UK!

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    1 hour ago, Eric Bloodaxe said:

    Where was that, Tom? Keep looking around and £98.50 seems to be the going rate at the mo.

    Halfords.  Using the FOC discount card.  The discount is less now than it was.  And I see the current full price is over £100 there now. :sad:

    The price used to drop to around £65-£75 frequently on Amazon but hasn't recently looking at camelcamelcamel tracker.  Halfords were following their price drops.

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    On 2/23/2024 at 2:18 PM, TomsFocus said:

    No mention of EV in the instructions at all. 

    I fired off a query about the GB40 to Noco over in the 'States and just got a reply confirming that it is suitable for the 12v accessory battery on EVs.

     

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