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Personalijns
09/8/2012 at 10:48pm
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we have a 1992 talbot express elddis envoy . recently while we were away the zig "died" .no power to it at all . we checked all fuses & the leisure battery is only 18 months old . anyone have any suggestions ?

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09/8/2012 at 11:17pm
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Has it got its own fuse????? just a thought. you might have checked the relevant fuses and so forth, but just maybe it may have its own..17

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Personalijns
10/8/2012 at 9:29am
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any idea where that would be ? have checked all fuses we could find but maybe we missed one

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10/8/2012 at 9:40am
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Is the leisure battery fully charged? If it's 12.6 volts or below then this is possibly the reason why there's no power to the 'Zig' unit.


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10/8/2012 at 1:38pm
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I built by own version of a Zig for my Autohomes Wayfarer because the Zig unit was unreliable. However....

1. How do you know that there is no power to it? Generally you will have feeds from both the starter and liesure batteries.... which leads me to ..

2. In those days some converters such as Autohomes (now part of Elddis) used a clever wiring circuit to cut the power to the zig when the engine was running (to comply with EC electrical emission regulations). This was effected by a twin split charge relay mounted in the engine bay.

So... check the starter and leisure batteries. If OK, check for in-line fuses. Check if power is getting to the Zig when the engine is off. If it is, then there is a fault round the Zig, if no power, then look for the split charging circuit.

This is driven from the ignition light and caused problems in my old Talbot express - due to corroded connections round the relay.

The 12.6 volts is a red herring in this case - low voltage will simply illuminate the low voltage light but will not cause loss of power.

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Personalijns
15/8/2012 at 9:13pm
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we have now found that the battery was dead so returned to reeds caravans as its only 18 months old . was told the reason its dead is because we havent charged it on a battery charger every 4-5 months i thought the battery was charging when we were running the van . has anyone heard of this before ?


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16/8/2012 at 8:28am
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We've had our MH for 9 years and have never charged the battery with a separate charger but do put it on hook up when at home. Ours definitely charges when the van is running.

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17/8/2012 at 11:05am
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My last post seems to have vanished. So here goes again..

Check the leisure battery voltage with the engine running - it should be about 13.5 volts. If it's only around 12 volts or less, then the battery isn't connected to the van electrics.

Check the wiring back to the split charge relay, looking for in-line fuses. If you find any, Check these.

Check the split charge relay. One side should be conected to the starter battery and the other goes to the leisure battery. With the engine running, the in & out voltages should be the same. If not, then check the relay.

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