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- #16
In a word: Yes.With COVID I've found that I'm just not driving - a 5 minute run to the stores once a week, and now I'm getting a flat battery.
So I got a NOCO Genius10 Smart charger that seems to work fine. I know not nothing about car electrics, but I connect to the two top battery terminals as per the charger's user manual. So far, its been a week, and the lights all glow a healthy green. So I'm guessing it is working ok.
But its a bitch to open the bonnet to get to the battery every time. I'm wondering if I could plug the charger into the rear power socket? Thats the one on the left side in the back of the JLUR? Its live to battery.
In more words: as long as your charger outputs 13 amps or less, the limits of the cargo area battery (i.e. always on by factory default) power socket: yes.
That power will travel to the two batteries in the 3.6L JL charging both.
Will some energy be lost in the cable distance....probably, but probably not enough to worry about. : - )
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