Charging C4 Battery using jumper positions

[Huw Powell]

Well, it's probably a direct link to the starter, but yeah, it'll work fine.

I'd also recommend buying a new charger, the modern ones are much more 
battery-friendly, and the $40ish 2/10/50A ones can start a car.

On 8/2/2011 5:20 PM, Tony Hoffman wrote:
> I was under the inpression VAG did that changeover in 2000, so I'm surprised
> it remembered the code.
>
> Yes, you can charge the car just as jumping it, from those posts. It's a
> direct link to the battery, so it will work just the same as hooking
> directly on the battery.
>
> Tony
>
> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Jay M<jaybird002 at msn.com>  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>>
>>
>> Just curious, on our 1996 A6 my wife left the key in the ignition in the
>> first on position overnight and needless to say the battery was totally dead
>> this morning upon startup. I removed the battery from underneath the rear
>> seat and used my trusty old Sears 6 amp battery charger for a 6 hour charge
>> on the work bench. My question is in the future if I need to charge the
>> battery using this battery charger can I just charge the battery using the
>> emergency battery jump positions under the hood near passenger side
>> firewall....that is to say the positive lead from charger to positive
>> emergency jumper post (underneath black plastic cover) and negative lead
>> from battery charger to good chassis ground up front?
>>
>>
>>
>> Also, I was surprised upon reinstalling battery that I did not have to
>> input my radio code for the original Bose stereo. The radio turned on fine
>> and did not display the usual CODE message telling me to input the radio
>> code. All my other present and previous C4's are and have been 1995's so
>> this is the first Audi C4 I had that did not require the code when the
>> battery was disconnected and then reconnected. Is this normal for a 1996?
>> Thanks.
>>
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