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Hi,

New to the Caravan Game, Just purchased a new battery for the Van,Someone has told me to A trickle Charge is better to maintain the Battery,Can anyone point me in the Right direction,Which Charger do I require and how much will it cost approx??

The battery is 110 amps. And I take the Battery off the Van when it is in Storage.

Cheers In advance

Stu

Hi Tango 55,

The battery was fully charged when i fitted it to the Van,Would the Pump not run Off the EHU??

Cheers

Stu

A SMART CHARGER IS WHAT YOU NEED RING MAKE A GOOD ONE ALSO HALFORDS OWN MAKE ARE NOT BAD, BUT DO NOT  USE A NORMAL CAR CHARGER .IT WILL DESTROY YOUR LEISURE BATTERY

HOPE THIS HELPS A LITTLE

Hi Guys Once again thanks for your Input,I am new to all this,And with these forums I am learning something new everyday.

One problem I have encountered When looking for a smart Charger is that the Limits are 7amp-75amp, When my Mattery is 110amp.

Can anyone reccomend a charger for 110 amp??

Thanks again Stu

Quote: Originally posted by STUPOT69 on 08/8/2012

]Can anyone reccomend a charger for 110 amp??

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Quote: Originally posted by JTQU on 09/8/2012

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Quote: Originally posted by STUPOT69 on 08/8/2012

]Can anyone reccomend a charger for 110 amp??

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CTEK MXS5.0

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Quote: Originally posted by tango55 on 08/8/2012Just over 2 years later the battery was failing yet again so I paid a visit to my local auto electrician .... He tested my 'Maypole' trickle charger to which he returned within minutes, placed it on the counter and said, "That my friend is a total waste of time, it's pushing out 3,200 MILLIiamps which woukld take around 28 days to charge my battery. So basically after all the years of using this trickle charger and £230 spent on batteries my leisure battery was never fully charged therefore leading to a short life of just 2 years plus. He showed me the charger that I required which was a smart charger made by 'Durite' at a cost of £45. I stood there thinking about the cost to which he said, "Do you really want to spend another 200 quid on batteries?" so I bought the 3.5 amp charger which charges in 4 stages which indicates by a green and red light what stage the process is at.

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I bought a Ring smart charger (7-stage) a couple of years ago.  After a few hours of charging, the display showed an error code which was not in the manual.  I contacted Ring, and they wanted me to send it back to them.  As I had bought it from Amazon, I returned it to them and got a duplicate.  It was indeed a duplicate as after a few hours charging, it came up with the same error code.

Sent it back to Amazon, got refund and bought a CTEK - slightly more expensive than the RING but at least it works!!

Del