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Quote: Originally posted by D S B on 09/6/2010

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An odd thing happened to us about 10 days ago.  Went to fetch the caravan from storage for half term and the battery had only a little life in it.  We had left the 'Master' switch on the unit.  Now, nothing else was on in the van (as far as I could work out) and everything has seemed to be OK since.  My short term answer is to make sure the 'Master' switch is off when the van is unoccupied - we usually do, but must have just forgotten this once.  I just wondered if we might have had the fridge switched the wrong way too, fot it to have suddenly drained like that.  I may never find out he cause.  Any suggestions?

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Quote: Originally posted by beefysmum on 09/6/2010

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I have no idea if I have 240v lights fitted .

I just assumed that all the lights work off the battery. we have striplights that definitely work off battery and a couple of spotlights that I'm not sure about, havent checked them tbh .We didnt use any of these lights at all this weekend

The mains lighting I was referring to is a clip on light that plugs into a socket, same principle as using a table lamp. we had one in the van and one in the awning .
Ah, so if the zig mk1 doesnt have a built in charger perhaps I just havent got a charger in the van at all then?.

I thought the zig WAS the charger, as the older van we had before, had a zig with a trickle charge.

What does the zig actually do then?

Do blown fuses look different? do they go black or something , the ones we have looked at all look okay , maybe we should just replace all of them with new ones .

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The Marque 1 is:

Quote: From Zig Electronics

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Three way switched and fused 12v distribution panel, including battery condition monitor and power source selector switch. These panels are designed to be installed remotely from all Zig power supplies.

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Power source selector switch in this case refers to car/off/van

I'm pretty certain that you will have a power supply/charger in your van somewhere you just need to find it

Quote: Originally posted by Vic Wildish on 09/6/2010

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Quote: Originally posted by D S B on 09/6/2010

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An odd thing happened to us about 10 days ago.  Went to fetch the caravan from storage for half term and the battery had only a little life in it.  We had left the 'Master' switch on the unit.  Now, nothing else was on in the van (as far as I could work out) and everything has seemed to be OK since.  My short term answer is to make sure the 'Master' switch is off when the van is unoccupied - we usually do, but must have just forgotten this once.  I just wondered if we might have had the fridge switched the wrong way too, fot it to have suddenly drained like that.  I may never find out he cause.  Any suggestions?

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Funny that David. That's exactly what happened to me. I had accidentally left the master switch on whilst the van was on its storage site and on my return a few weeks later, the battery was as flat as a witches ???! Can't imagine what ran it down 'cos everything was switched off except that the fitted radio does have a permanent live feed to enable the storage of pre-set stations. Maybe it was this that ran it down. It's been alright ever since............

Vic

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My older caravan has no charger in it. I recently bought a pulsemaster from Frost UK for £45.00 keeps the battery fully charger and in tip top condition. Might be worth you looking at something like that.

Penny

Quote: Originally posted by Rune Caster on 10/6/2010

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Debbie - when you get it fixed you'll wonder what all the doubts were about

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Quote: Originally posted by D S B on 10/6/2010

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Quote: Originally posted by Vic Wildish on 09/6/2010

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Funny that David. That's exactly what happened to me. I had accidentally left the master switch on whilst the van was on its storage site and on my return a few weeks later, the battery was as flat as a witches ???! Can't imagine what ran it down 'cos everything was switched off except that the fitted radio does have a permanent live feed to enable the storage of pre-set stations. Maybe it was this that ran it down. It's been alright ever since............

Vic

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D S B:  ....... I wouldn't have thought it anything to do with the radio as it's the first time it's happened and it's all occured within a 4-week period.  The van has been in store for longer than that before and it's been OK.  I don't remember for sure if my master switch has to be down before the radio works, but I think it does.  A bit of a mystery.

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I was wrong, Vic.  I've just been told by a caravan servicing department that leaving the master switch on can effect the battery.  There is a feed to the radio and also the TV booster which can take the battery down.