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 Topic: 12v not working Abbey GTS 416
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04/8/2013 at 10:14pm
Location: North Lincs
Outfit: Self Build PVC
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It may be as simple as a dud battery which will not charge up. Check the battery and see what the reading is, if it's fully charged then it should read 12.7v, if it's less than 12 then it's dead.
If the battery is okay then it could be the 12v distribution panel which should be located in the front under the window.
Mike
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04/8/2013 at 10:37pm
Location: Norwich
Outfit: Citroen Relay Campervan
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Might be a silly question but have you turned the charger and 12v supply on? Panels vary and I have to actually turn mine on to "On site" position for the charger to work. The 12v supply also has a separate switch.
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05/8/2013 at 5:37am
Location: March cambs
Outfit: Skoda Superb MK2 SE & abby vogue 460
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sounds like the built in charger swift did have a problem with these a few years back ,find a mobile service engineer and get him to check it
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05/8/2013 at 5:06pm
Location: Lichfield
Outfit: Coachman Amara 450
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If you can obtain a multi-meter or buy one for under a tenner you can do the following. Remove the leisure battery from it's compartment then connect the multi-meter leads directly to the caravan battery connectors. Switch on in the caravan and then see what amount of current is being distributed to the battery connectors but do not let the positive and negative connectors make contact otherwise you will blow a fuse. Switch off and remove the multi-meter leads. Do exactly the same with your friends caravan then compare the difference in voltages. If your is less than that of your friends then this is evidence that the on board charger is defective and needs replacing.
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05/8/2013 at 5:42pm
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We had this problem on our 416, there is a fuse inbetween the charger and where ehu comes into the van, it had blown. Our van was a Abbey Vogue gts 416 2000 model.
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06/8/2013 at 9:12am
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To be honest I dont have a clue, my OH found it after this problem arose, all he said that the problem was solved and it was a fuse was inbetween the charger and the electric ehu, sorry cant be of any more help,and cant ask him as he is not in the country at the moment.
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06/8/2013 at 1:59pm
Location: Shropshire
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We used to have a GTS 415 (90 model) lovely van which we owned for 9 years. We lost 12V on site once, very annoying.
After consulting the wiring diagram and much searching we found a line fuse which had blown.
It was situated under some wooden trunking under the offside front seats. Its location was not shown in the book! Afterwards it was known as the "secret abbey fuse!" I did update the handbook.
Could yours be similar?
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