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Thanks for the education enigma-2, good to know. Regarding the car cleaning I’m retired now and have lots of free time for my hobbies and one is keeping my car clean. When I was working my car didn’t get too much attention…. Got another gismo today to check my battery because I dint like the 50% my charger was showing. Tomorrow I will use it and I will post the results.

From Ukraine? How the heck you found it omar302? Yes it looks like mine and looking at the 2nd picture of the light all these electronics for a light bulb? Amazing! Anyway the light has a small flange around it and the way I see it this flange sits at the back of the panel so even if I will be able to push it left/right to remove the light it will be impossible to re install it without removing the panel unless I miss understand something. I will have a look tomorrow to see how difficult is to remove the panel.

I’m not aware of the MOA neither I noticed anything similar in the manual (which I never read completely) but since I service the car at the dealer I assumed (I had asked) that they do all maintenance as required. I leave the doors open after a wash to dry the inside bottom of the doors. There is a lip at the bottom of each door on the inside which collects tons of dirt and after its dry I clean it with a nylon brush, wipe it clean and apply a coat of wax. What is CCA? I installed a new battery about a month ago (the OEM battery went dead) and I got a digital charger but when I connect the charger it always starts at 50% (blinking light) then goes to 75% and stays there for about 1.5 hours and then goes to 100% blinks another hour and then it stays solid (battery charged). I find it strange that the charger starts at 50% although to my opinion the battery should be fully charged since I just came back yesterday from a 2 hours trip. Perhaps it’s a charger function to start at 50%?

Many thanks enigma-2 for the help, got really excited with the pictures and I said I can zip this one in a few minutes and get done with it but unfortunately my light is recessed and not pushed on from the outside as shown in the pictures. To remove my light the way I see it I must remove the side panel and to do so there is no way I can do it without damaging the panel unless I know how.

Excellent idea mate but I never thought a small switch like them can be so expensive. I already have a bunch of small DC switches (no OEM) and first I have to find out how to lift the existing light to see what’s behind and the rest is easy. Thanks for your time

Quite unusual not to have a way to turn OFF that light. Never had a use for it, I will see if there is a way to remove the cover and unplug the light bulb (if there is a bulb) otherwise if I can access the wiring I can stick a switch and mount it just next to the light. Thanks

Thanks enigma-2, now I understand the reson. The CTEC looks quite a good unit

Thanks for the tip, although puddle lights and entry lights are nice to have they are not a necessity for me. I don’t know very much about Forscan and I will investigate next year if I have a need for it.

Good idea, including the garage doors ?

Thanks for the help lildisco, appreciated Not used to these chargers yet so before I go to bed tonight I will disconnect it and close the hood, not comfortable otherwise. But it finally went to 100% not blinking (fully charged) and took a total about 4 hours. The charger box was totally cold. My POS battery terminal only has about 2-3 threads left so it’s not enough to thread any nut on it. It’s not a big deal to install a new longer bolt. It’s funny that I don’t like leaving the hood open overnight but eventually I will get used to it, LOL…

I was planning to use the ring connectors but I’m missing one 1/4" fine thread nut plus the bolt holding the POS battery cable is not long enough to add the ring connector there. I will do the change soon as I have the needed parts. It took about 2.5 hours to go from 75% to 100% and now the 100% is blinking. BTW do you know if having the hood open drains the battery?

Had to cancel my Amazon order because I found another charger at a local well known automotive store. I connected the unit as per instructions and it sensed my 12V battery and the charge indicator lit at 50% indicating the status of my battery. It stayed there for about 5 minutes and then it went to 75% blinking and it has been there for about 1 hour now still blinking. Hopefully eventually it will go to 100%. Very easy to use, the unit looks solid and stays cool and I’m happy with it. Many thanks for the tip.

When I open the rear gate the single light in the cargo bay comes ON even with the engine OFF. I have turned OFF all the interior lights from to front console but the cargo bay light remains ON Is there a way to turn OFF this light?

Where it’s better to connect the NEG wire from the charger, to the battery’s NEG post or somewhere around the engine block? For the Edge definitely the best will be around the engine block since the battery’s NEG is almost inaccessible if you don’t slide the battery out. Looks like most prefer around the engine block but never understood why.

You are right! I forgot about the new electronics so my comparison is not correct!

Thank you mate for the excellent help, much appreciated. I just bought from Amazon.ca (I’m in Canada) the Battery Tender Junior 800 12V, 800mA, CAD$54.95. Delivery is for Dec-28. There is a huge variety of models and less expensive but reading the customers feedback most of them didn’t work. So I took your recommendation and went with Battery Tender. Regarding how long batteries last I know what most people think but I have a different experience. I’m an old timer and had quite a few cars in my life and never had to replace any battery. There are 2 cars in particular I had each for about 12 years without changing the battery: one was a 1979 Ford Econoline van which I converted to a camper and 12 year later when I sold her she was like brand new. The other one was a 2001.5 Passat GLX made in Germany and again after 11 years I had her she was like brand new. But I take very good care of my cars because it’s like a hobby. My current 2016 Edge I’m very surprised the battery went dead but my thinking is something beyond my control happened to her. About 2 weeks before the battery went dead I had gone to the dealer for oil change etc. and after this appointment I hardly drove the car to give a chance to the battery to charge because among other reasons we has two snow storms. In addition it just happened that I decided to wash/wax the car and when I do the wash I leave all doors open so she dries well. The interior lights went out after about 6 minutes and the next day I did the wax. Then the following day trying to start the battery was dead. When I removed the dead battery it was not marked anywhere with the Ford logo. I found that strange because all parts in the car regardless how small are marked with the Ford logo. Perhaps my dealer switched the battery? Who knows. Another reason is that today everything is made in dubious quality to reduce the cost so my battery had reached its working life and that’s why it went dead. When I get the new charger I will post back to tell you my experience

Thanks for the help, I’m new to this so I forgot to ask: do you disconnect the battery from the car and then you connect the charger or you can connect the charger to the battery on top of the car’s cables? Also since the Edge sits inside the garage, how often would you use the charger? Once or twice per week or month? Most likely I will go with 1 Amp because the battery is new and since I don’t drive the Edge much in the winter I just want to keep the battery charged. I also noticed that Norco has some pretty decent ones so I’m looking and will decide which one to get. These chargers are much better than my old one because they are smaller and easier to attach/hold to the car when charging. The old one I have it’s a big and heavy/bulky charger only good I guess for my tractor. Thanks for the info and links.

Mine is about 10 years old charger with alligator clips. I like what the links show especially the quick connect/disconnect and I may buy one. Notice they come in various Amps range, what is a good Amp range to get? Thanks

Recently the battery in my 2016 Edge Titanium went dead and had to install a new one. All went well but since I don’t drive a lot in the winter I was thinking to charge the battery to assure it’s always fully charged. I have for years a trickle battery charger which I use to charge the 12V battery in my John Deere tractor during the winter months however this battery is removed from the tractor and stored in my workshop so the charging process is quite easy. I plan to use the same charger for the Edge. The battery on the Edge is not located in an easy to access area and if I have to remove the battery cables it will be even harder. So how do you charge the battery? Do you have to remove the battery cables and the battery? Thanks

I have a filter in my email which assigns incoming emails to various folders. For the Ford Edge Forum I had this address but it doesn’t work any more www.fordedgeforums.com Then I noticed that the incoming mails now have this address hello@RingBellForService.com Has the forum changed its address? Thanks

Cant go wrong with that, I will order one after X-Mas Thanks

Trying to replace the batteries in my keyfob I broke the key chain hook. Since the internals are good I know I can keep it in my pocket but it’s not as convenient as having it in my keychain along with my other keys. Is there a way to repair it or I should scrap it? Thanks

You know pretty good stuff omar and you reminded me about how to turn off the interior lights when a door is open which I will use, thanks. I didn’t know what FORScan is but searching I get an idea about it and I will investigate further after the holidays. Looks like it’s a pretty good tool which adds additional functionality to the existing menus, thanks again

The 2016 Edge Titanium FWD includes LED interior lights, or perhaps it was included among the options I took. I must add that besides the power savings the LED provide, they also are much more bright. One item I want to mention is that about 2 weeks before my car went dead I had taken her for oil change/filter service and besides that work the dealer also did: Recall 20S42 Break Hose (replace both front brake hose and bleed as per manufacturer). No charge for this work Also they had a recommended special which I took: (I have 39500 kilometers) Motor and Injectors Maintenance (interior motor cleaning “MOA” plus Injectors maintenance and cleaning. I don’t know what the “MOA” means perhaps is a local dealer code. I wonder if the above work had anything to do with my battery going dead.

I would not say completely optional but based on my experience with that heavy battery located in that difficult cavity you taking a chance to damage the air filter cover. I removed the filter cover since it was so easy and the rest was so easy. What I found surprising was the unusual bracket in the negative cable. Why have this kind of adapter to connect the negative cable and not have a similar cable like the positive? Perhaps because it would have been more difficult to use a wrench in that location?