2007 X-Type 3.0L USA
Removed the battery and battery box for cleaning and noticed this wire connector. It disappears into a wire bundle beneath the battery box support. It is a 2-wire (blue/green). Pretty sure it is an "extra" connector for some component not installed on my vehicle. Any suggestions from you electrical sleuths? (Note: I have position the wire through the casting for the photo. It was originally just hanging loose).
Thanks.
Squito

 

Shipping battery keeper, removed on arrival, then serves no purpose.

 

As Dell said, but I would word it differently:
You will not need this connector. Tuck it away so that it is not in the way for anything.
This connector was designed to be used to recharge the batteries of those cars, which are on a long boat-journey or similar prior to delivery.

 

Thank you. That then raises the question....can I not attach an external battery minder or trickle charger to the wires to perform the same purpose as intended? If I can, I am open to suggestions as to what kind of charger others have used and attached to the connector.
Thanks,
Squito

 

I understand the question, but not the motivation...

Firstly you have to measure, if the 2 pins of that connector go indeed straight to the battery poles, then you need to find the matching other part for the connector and then you have to understand that the wires from that connector to the battery are comparatively small in diameter, i.e. the only possible use is indeed trickle feeding. I would assume that this is not how anyone would want to charge the battery normally. Regardless of that, connecting the clamps of the (CTEK) battery charger connected via bigger wires is EASIER anyway.

However, I do understand that the better option means that you have to life the lid of the battery box off first - wanting to avoid that is the only conceivable advantage of using the connector, Thus, confirm first, that the wires go to the battery terminals directly, check, what's + and what -, find a connector, find a way to connect it to the charger and then - on first use - monitor the temperature of the cable to the battery, to ensure that it does not get too hot.

 

I'm with you Peter. I understand all the issues you cited, which is one reason for asking if anyone had made such a connection. I agree the wires are rather small diameter and won't carry much current. So, if the connector was used for trickle charging the vehicle while in transit, what exactly did Jaguar use as a charger? For that reason I'm a little suspicious that the connector was used as a charger of sorts. Can someone identify the charger/monitor used? Better yet, since the wires/connector are part of a wire bundle, can someone identify and post a wiring diagram?

As for using the wires for a battery monitoring purpose, I do have a need to use a charger, as I have several vehicles that I rotate driving. The x-type on occasion will sit for several months unused. Currently, I do hook up a C-TEK, but I wouldn't mind exploring the option of finding a dedicated battery trickle charger that I wouldn't have to pop the hood and remove the battery cover on a regular basis. No need to find a compatible connector to the existing one, I'd just determine which wire is positive-negative as you mention, cut the wires and splice in a new connector that I have in my electrical drawer.

Still, I go back to the wire size issue. Has anyone verified that the wires mentioned are in fact used for maintaining the battery during transit? Is it shown on an electrical diagram? And if so, what kind of a maintainer did Jaguar use?
Thanks,
Squito

 

> what exactly did Jaguar use as a charger?
Jaguar did not! The Ship does. While I have not been on board of such a car-transport ship, this is the only thing, which makes sense to me:
There would not be a separate charger for each and every car, but one mega-charger with many output connectors.

I'd always recommend CTEK chargers for everything. 10A or 15A for Jags. It also has a trickle charge option.
As mentioned, double check (measure), where the connector goes to exactly, and if you want to use it, you could even buy a "pair", a matching male and female connector, cut the existing connector off (with the battery not connected) and check, if the cable do not get too warm in trickle charge mode.

 

Okay, I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that the wires and connector we've been writing about were not used for charging the battery but simply for monitoring its voltage/condition. That makes much more sense to me, given the wire size. I would further think that each car was not connected to a monitoring system, but rather was quickly checked when the time came to off load. That way, the time consuming process of removing a battery cover would be avoided. Again, a wiring diagram would be helpful. I would also think that most batteries, lead acid included, can withstand up to a month of inactivity (time for shipping) with small parasite loads of the ECM or security modules?
Squito

 

FOUND IT! The wires were connected to a Transit Isolation Relay or Device (TIR). Starting a new thread with that as a title for future reference.
Squito