Thanks for the responses. We charged it using a normal charger for 5 hours or so and we had life. Tim ill tell if it lives for very long. Annoying thing i that he has one of these chargers, he just doesn't have the time to use it! I've instructed him to connect it every time he leves the car now. Fingers crossed.
Re: the red top 25, I don't know if that's the same batery as he has.
Nigel Mills - 2.0 Zetec carbs