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could right they weigh as much as 25 kgs 110 volt batteries.see

http://www.leisurebatteryshop.co.uk/Elecsol-110Ah-Battery-Five-Year-Warranty

Quote: Originally posted by tango55 on 17/3/2011

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I have 2 Calor lite gas cylinders in the front locker which are both near enough full and the noseweight has been checked with a proper cylinder gauge on a hard standing at the caravan storage. I bought the gauge second hand recently off Ebay and I'm wondering if the noseweight gauge is faulty and needs calibrating at all (that's if it can be calibrated).

Chrissie:  Mine is identical to the one on the left but the second is how you actually use one to check the caravan noseweight.

http://www.busyoutdoors.com/noseweight-gauges/c23

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Quote: Originally posted by tango55 on 17/3/2011

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I have 2 Calor lite gas cylinders in the front locker which are both near enough full and the noseweight has been checked with a proper cylinder gauge on a hard standing at the caravan storage. I bought the gauge second hand recently off Ebay and I'm wondering if the noseweight gauge is faulty and needs calibrating at all (that's if it can be calibrated).

Chrissie:  Mine is identical to the one on the left but the second is how you actually use one to check the caravan noseweight.

http://www.busyoutdoors.com/noseweight-gauges/c23

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Thank and   . My Bob is with me at this time. So he quickly said where you put it. where the socket is that goes onto the towing ball, then put it to the ground all the weight on it, YeH!! I got one part answered

Quote: Originally posted by michael on 17/3/2011

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could right they weigh as much as 25 kgs 110 volt batteries.see

http://www.leisurebatteryshop.co.uk/Elecsol-110Ah-Battery-Five-Year-Warranty

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For an ordinary battery for just running bits as we hav eto go on the site electrics & already booked. What leisure battery do we need?If ours does not charge because it has been left for along time and could well be unchargeable as we have not used the van yet just trying to get it all ready use. Also will an ordinary car charger be able to be used to try to charge it to makes sure whether its good or not.There are so many would the second one down 12v 110 be the one or the smaller one

Thanks

Chrissie: 

I think you need to ask this question in a new post so people can provide answers about what leisure battery you need.

you need a minimum of an 85 amp battery,if fully charged it should last about three or four days without EHU or charging.do not let it get too uncharged as it will not want to charge up again.i use a normal car charger for mine when required.because the caravan only gives out 13.5 volts to charge up your battery it can do it good taking it off and giving a full charge.

lots of info

see looing after your battery.

http://www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/helpandadvice/technicalhelp/datasheets/

I have been to the caravan storage today and installed the leisure battery this time as I forgot if you read my earlier post. Anyway, the noseweight gauge it is now registering 70 kgs. so I'm quite happy with that. Anything else like the awning and poles will be placed directly over the axle in order not to upset the balance.

Thanks to everyone that answered, your replies were greatly appreciated.

Quote: Originally posted by tango55 on 17/3/2011Hi Phil, thanks for that information, I was looking at the Milenco noseweight gauge actually but I picked up this one believe it or not for 99p plus the p&p charge which was under a fiver. This was the initial starting bid and fortunately nobody else bidded on it. A bargain really but after what you have said I may think of investing in a new Milenco one as soon as possible. I thought that the British Standard regulation was replaced with an ISO number (international Standard) in the late 90's. I know that the BS5750 engineering standard was replaced by ISO9000 which was recognised right across Europe and beyond.

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