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17/5/2009 at 11:07am
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packing up this morning to come home and noticed when i was unplugging the electrics i noticed the leisure battery was very warm.i have never really noticed this before is this ok?or is it on its way out?
cheers chris


17/5/2009 at 11:11am
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Is it bulging at all? thats what happened to mine.

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17/5/2009 at 11:24am
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Quote: Originally posted by robin52 on 17/5/2009
Is it bulging at all? thats what happened to mine.

no it looked ok


17/5/2009 at 11:29am
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Had you been using it hard?


17/5/2009 at 11:30am
 Location: Leicester
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Not knowing the layout of your van, did you have your heater on and where in relation the the heater is the battery compartment. I have a Senator and the heater backs up to the battery compartment and you might get some heat transfer.



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17/5/2009 at 12:02pm
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Hi,

My father in law's new Abbey had just this problem, but it first manifested itself by making the fridge stop working, as the voltage was too high, due to a faulty charger.

The battery was hot to the touch and you could hear it fizzing. Just caught in time I think.

A new charging/regulator was installed under warranty and it has been fine since. He did however have to dig his heels in with the dealership to get them to supply a new battery as well, they seemed to think that as the van was supplied without a battery, the repacement was "nothing to do with them"

Hmmmmm.

Mr UM



17/5/2009 at 12:52pm
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was only using the water heater and taps.think i will try another battery i have another so will give that a go.everything was working fine before when i have been putting more through the battery it may have been warm before but just never noticed it.


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Quote: Originally posted by dr bacardi on 17/5/2009
was only using the water heater and taps.think i will try another battery i have another so will give that a go.everything was working fine before when i have been putting more through the battery it may have been warm before but just never noticed it.
Careful then if you try a different battery, could be the charging circuit is over volting and could end up damaging the second battery. Best to put a meter on the battery while its hooked up to the mains and charging is set to on.

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