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Subject Topic: Caravan engineers in France Post Reply Post New Topic
Personchrisjo3
25/11/2016 at 1:18pm
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Hi,
Does anyone know of a caravan engineer in the Deux Sevres region of France. We have a problem with our caravan but we are struggling to find somebody who will look at it over here.
Many Thanks

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Personjaiash
25/11/2016 at 1:45pm
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If you are on Facebook try searching for this closed group and ask to join - there are lots of people who live in that area on there...

Motorhomes (Camping Cars) and Caravans in France & beyond

or you could try here

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PersonVal A
25/11/2016 at 1:59pm
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There is a mobile engineer, Euro Caravan Services who services our caravan. He covers many areas of France - but does a sort of 'round' so he might be able to look at your caravan whilst on one of these rounds.

I have a feeling they live in France somewhere. His wife deals with emails and they are both very helpful. There is a 'Contact Us' button on the website.

Sorry, started posting, got distracted, came back to it, and see Jaiash has beaten me to it with the mobile engineer. So here's another link where they sell caravans in the Deux Sevres Loisirs and they may know of an engineer who will service your caravan.

Post last edited on 25/11/2016 14:03:05


PersonBerriow
25/11/2016 at 3:20pm
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Google throws up the name of Dennis Quinton, who is between Bressuire and Thouars, and gives a home and a mobile number for him. Worth a try?


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PersonOpensauce
25/11/2016 at 4:24pm
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Whats actually wrong with it?


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Personchrisjo3
25/11/2016 at 5:09pm
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We went to move it yesterday and when my husband undid the battery box, the battery was red hot and their was an awful burning smell both near the battery and in the caravan.
We contacted Swift and they have stated it could be either the battery or the inbuilt battery charger could be faulty as it didn't turn off once the battery was charged.
Once the battery was disconnected and moved well away from the van my husband tested it and it was reading over 13 volts. Hence we need a caravan engineer to have a look at it.
Incidentally the caravan is 3 years old and the battery was a new 120 leisure battery that we bought last December.

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PersonOpensauce
25/11/2016 at 5:38pm
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It sounds like a failed transformer/charger. This is a fairly standard item also fitted to French caravans so any caravan workshop or even competant auto electrician can fit a new one.

To avoid getting ripped off, new part should cost no more than £150 at most & 2hrs would be reasonable fitting time so bill should be under £300. If you need a new 110a/h leisure battery this should cost under £100. If fully charged battery is still reading 12.5v disconnected after a few days then battery will be ok.


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PersonKelper
25/11/2016 at 6:54pm
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We use

Caravan Service
ZI de l'Hermitage
49280 ST LEGER SOUS CHOLET
02.41.58.53.97

Not too far from Deux Sevres

Find them very reliable


Personblueexpo97
26/11/2016 at 8:41am
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Decent 110a battery is over £100, last time I saw them they were £130-£150.

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Personoxter
26/11/2016 at 8:59am
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Re quote from Berriow

Here's the last email I got from Dennis.

Pity - nice guy and very reasonable to deal with.

" Hi Eddie, yes I have been on holiday, but I am sorry, but I am now retired, due to ill health.

Kind regards

Dennis"

Post last edited on 26/11/2016 09:03:16

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Personchrisjo3
02/12/2016 at 8:50am
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Thank u for your responses.
Here is an update. We spoke to Sargent who make the charger and they told us how to check the charger, we basically put a new battery in and the charger light when to red, then went into float mode and the light changed to green, so they say the charger on the caravan is working. We then spoke to the battery people as the battery is under guarantee and they asked us for the battery reading which we took after it had cooled down ( it was so hot it took 36 hours to cool down ) the battery reading 7 days after the incident was 13.2 so they say the battery is fine
. Basically we r now stumped. Has anyone got any ideas what it could be as I am too frightened to use the caravan now.

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PersonOpensauce
02/12/2016 at 10:10am
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Are you using caravan permanently plugged into ehu? 12v circuit should work ok without a battery. Is there a switch on charger marked '3 stage' & 'float'? If there is switch it to float & it should work ok without battery. try that. Worst that will happen is that fuse will blow when 12v, ie lights are used but it should work ok if charger is ok.


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07/12/2016 at 4:13am
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Quote: Originally posted by jaiash on 25/11/2016
If you are on Facebook try searching for this closed group and ask to join - there are lots of people who live in that area on there...

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or you could try here

What a bloody good site mate, I have now saved it for our travels.


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07/12/2016 at 10:44am
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We probably need to get in quick as you can only join if you live in Europe! LOL



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