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Hi Geoff and Jen, First trip away with 'van, July this year, leisure battery failed on second day, even though the week previous I'd charged it up on a home charger.It was dated "2000", how old is yours?. Bought a new one onsite,110 Amp for £55.00, now at home I regularly use the lighting system, peace and quiet in the driveway!! Zig unit still showing Green for battery condition, the temperature is now dropping, time to take out of the 'van and into the garage for a weekly charge, place on insulation,not on a concrete floor, batteries do not like the cold!.

Makro and B&Q are selling a 750 watt generator for around £45/50, I've bought one, well worth the investment.Used it when in Kent to recharge digital camcorder and camera batteries and giving the new battery a boost.

Hope this helps, Regards, Norman.

we've just got back from 10 days with no ehu  using a 110 ah battery for lights and water pump to give it a little boost on day 9 we put it on jump leads on the car for about 20 mins who needs a ehu when you have got a good battery

We have a 110 w solar panel mounted on the roof of our van for rallys where there is no EHU.

As we have two v young children we tend to use a bit of electric so our battery always ran flat, we did use a generator at most meets to top up the battery  but now use the solar panel and feel almost guilt free when we switch anything on as we are using our own power so reducing carbon foot print a bit!

hi may help

http://www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/Documents/Looking%20after%20your%20leisure%20battery.pdf

Hi Inthenightgarden,

The panel is fixed to the roof by a specific fixing kits which is basically aluminium brackets screwed to the panel & fixed to the roof by Sikaflex equivelent. The cable goes into the roof with a watertight gromet then sealed & runs down inside the van to a solar regulator to prevent overcharging of the battery then down into the leisure battery.

If you are competant you could do it yourself if not get a qualified dealer to do it for you. As you are local to us if you are interested we could give you details for fitting.