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24/8/2012 at 11:26am
Location: doncaster
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Hi everyone im away with a friend hes got a 2008 swift challenger 540 the one with the digital control above the door now his problem is this the battery is loosing charge now weve swapped his battery with mine and the same thing is happerning but to make things worse when the battery dies the van wont work on240/12 nothing at all works now ive got a abbey freestyle 540 same van without the digital display and even with no battery atached everthing on my van still works any ideas
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24/8/2012 at 12:15pm
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I had the same sort of problem with my Charger, i checked all the fuses in the van everything was great but nothing at all from the charger. Took the charger out, drill out the rivets in side is a spade use, replaced and hey presto of we went again.
To test this take the batery off, Put a voltomter on the +/- leads and see if you are getting any charge from the charger.
But as to why you have no 240 as well is beyond me
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24/8/2012 at 12:46pm
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Dont suppose you have tested the ehu cable to see if ur getting power into the van or the ehu has tripped at the box ?
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24/8/2012 at 1:59pm
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Hi hes getting power through the ehu and the van works
fine but the battery is been drained and as soon as the battery as less than 9volts the display doesnt function my mate thinks this is the way it works all fuses are fine we are both scratching heads al we are going to do is keep swapping batteries over an sort it when he gets home
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24/8/2012 at 3:22pm
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it sounds as if the charger is not working,remove the battery & with 240v ehu connected check the battery connection leads with a meter set to 20v dc (red to red black to black)you should get 13.8 volts if not the charger is suspect
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24/8/2012 at 5:01pm
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sounds like the charger has stopped charging.with EHU connected check at battery it should be 13.5 to 14 volts.
check battery to see its gets warm if so its faulty.check all fuses.
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25/8/2012 at 1:33pm
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Hi all and thanks its seems its the charger does anyone know how much it it as weve been online and cant find it an plus internet is not good avin to travel away from site just to get a signal its a nordelettronica model number is ne143_mh thanks
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25/8/2012 at 1:41pm
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you may not be able to buy the same one.see..........if no show type in chargers http://www.olearymotorhomes.co.uk/index.asp?function=search
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25/8/2012 at 5:16pm
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Sargent They provide the new PSU's for Swift now and if you call them they will advise the best option as they 'know' the problems with the Nordelectronica systems.
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25/8/2012 at 7:15pm
Location: Huddersfield
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Sargent do a kit to swop the italian chargers at around £270 plus a wiring kit at £22
You could always get a battery charger as a short term fix..
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25/8/2012 at 7:51pm
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You could buy a smart charger like i did which is a lot cheaper, around £34 just splice it in to the output wires of the knacked one.remember to disconnect the power supply to the old charger first.
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20/3/2018 at 8:27pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Bobandbetty on 20/3/2018
Hi,
Question for twinturn.
I have an abbey 540 freestyleand for the first time I’m having power tripping probs - all be it in the minus degrees weather.
I have the normal user guides but can’t find anything telling me which fuse is fir what in the box (under the near side seating area).
Any idea where I can them/it.
Regards
I don't know whether you have noticed but the original post is 6 years old.
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Best Regards,
Colin
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