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Subject Topic: Battery trickle charging! Post Reply Post New Topic
Personxxpinkiixx
18/10/2007 at 9:46pm
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Hello all i've recently purchased my first van and have been running it mainly off mains but now and again it's been running off battery while i've been doing it up. Problem is i presumed it would be trickle charging but tonight the battery light has gone on red. How does it trickle charge? ( i know you need your hook up on) is there anything supposed to be connected to the battery? Is there any way i can set it up to trickle charge? I'm going away a week tomoz for first time in it and i would like the battery to stay charged! Any ideas would be welcome.

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Persontykey
18/10/2007 at 9:56pm
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It should trickle charge whilst it's plugged into the mains. If it's an old battery, maybe it's a bit tired and needs boosting by a high amp external battery charger.

I'd check if it is really trickle charging on the van, by taking off the battery connections and see if you get a voltage of about 13 to 14V across the connections. If you aren't, then it wouldn't charge anyway

After these two things, then maybe a new battery is required.


Personxxpinkiixx
18/10/2007 at 10:18pm
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Not sure of age of battery it's only a car battery not leisure, I'll try that tomoz thanks.

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Personbordercaz
18/10/2007 at 10:46pm
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How old is the caravan? They never used to have built in chargers, the 230 v & 12v systems were separate. Is there an on-board charger that you can see? I used to carry a charger and when the battery was running low I charged it from a mains socket whilst the EHU was on.

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Personxxpinkiixx
19/10/2007 at 9:20am
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Thanks Caz, The van is 1992 elddis, can't see a charger but i do have a mains bat charger in the van, i'll put it on charge over night before we go and take the charger with us just in case!

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Persontykey
19/10/2007 at 10:42am
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Car batteries often seem a cheap option, but never in the long run.


Personalansinclair
19/10/2007 at 12:10pm
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should be using a leisure bettery fhere designed for the use a caravan lets check when your on hook up your getting 13 volts to the battery if not your chargers either not working or theres a switch somewhere to operate it if all else fails give us a ring on 07838130354  for more advice

alan from A C R in manchester



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