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Haha! Cheers Nev, yep good point! I'll let you know how I get on in a few weeks! Thanks for the advice!

As you say just needs a little planning and a decent app to find cheapest stations. I certainly wouldn't want to run mine on petrol only!

Yeah on that car I just put it down the a very worn ignition barrel as the key comes out anywhere! It doesn't have a hole like in the picture or any button.

Hi, just a thought, from your post indicates that you probably recently bought it..."i am beginning to think it was a bad idea buying a chrysler" It happen to me when I first bought one. Please see pictures attached to understand what I'm about to say: for some reason Chrysler added an option on the ignition where it gives the driver the opportunity to extract the key with the engine running...sometimes is good but when it comes to turn off the engine and lock the car...if not enough attention is given to in what position the key was when removed, the second ACC is still on. Where the red circle is it used to be a push button which will block or unblock the key to go to zero position. Where the orange line is, is there where the key should be so all the electrics are off. the blue line to the left of the orange one it keeps the car "alive", and with the key on the right of the orange line it lets the driver remove the key while engine on. I removed mine (on both, the previous one and the current one) and never had problems since... Also, when the key removed and the driver door is opened, if you hear a buzz it means the ignition is still "on", even if the key is not in. Hope it helped.

Original thread from 2015 here, the #7 Leedsman original is here. I did a further mod and changed the the 33K Ω @ 1/2 watt to 22K Ω @ 1/2 watt keeps it under the 4.6[ish] [although I'm sure it would be safe a little higher]. I did get the extra .3's @ 14.4+ I was aiming for. This will better recover the winter loss more quickly. Of course in the summer the ALT output will be limited by the lower battery replenishment needs. That thread is here and I can confirm that I had 14.5-6V over the winter and its now an average of 14.3-4V summer.