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Quote: Originally posted by suggett1976 on 08/2/2015

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My mother in-law was asleep in her van, during the night the charger failed and the battery (which was under her bed) was overcharging and boiling away, toxic acid fumes were venting into the van, if she hadn't of woken up god knows what could of happened.

She never put a battery back in after that.

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Quote: Originally posted by saxo1 on 07/2/2015

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"at least I have power for my water heating"

What water heater do you have that will run off 12v without running a battery flat in next to no time?

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Quote: Originally posted by suggett1976 on 08/2/2015

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My mother in-law was asleep in her van, during the night the charger failed and the battery (which was under her bed) was overcharging and boiling away, toxic acid fumes were venting into the van, if she hadn't of woken up god knows what could of happened.

She never put a battery back in after that.

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Quote: Originally posted by LobeyDosser on 07/2/2015

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When you get down to the nitty gritty, there is nothing in a caravan that you "really need".
You could sleep on Li-los on the floor or sit in deck chairs. You could cook on a paraffin stove or use torches as lights.

Everything in a caravan is there for "your convenience" and a battery, along with everything else is supplied because that is what the manufacturers think you will use and 99.9% of caravan owners will use everything that is supplied.
However there will always be those who prefer not to use some of the items provided.

Caravanning, for me, is all about "Freedom of Choice" and that goes as much for where we decide to go as it is about how we decided to go.    

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