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Hi I'm very new to this just got our first caravan a 2010 coachman amara 450/2 festival off some family, now I've learnt a lot already on YouTube but I'm due to move it to my house next week, now it hasnt been moved for a year it has a solar panel and the voltmeter above the door lights up and needle goes to around 12v so is this charged so I can use the motormover to get off the drive? Also I can plug it in to charge but is there a switch I have to turn to charge or switch to van or hookup etc cant find any switch like that would it all be just automatic? Thankyou .


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hi , when you plug into mains the charger should work straight off, assuming all trip switches on the mains unit are in the up position, and no 12v fuses are blown, the charger unit may have a red button on it, which will jump out if the charging leads are shorted, push back in to reset
probably best to give the battery a boost before trying to use motor mover
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PersonAirmailwasp
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Excellent I will plug it in for a few hours to give it a boost thankyou.


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If the caravan hasn't been moved for a year and still has the leisure battery connected then the battery will be dead flat with no charge. If this is the case then it's doubtful whether the onboard charger will kick start the battery into accepting a charge so you need to get a voltmeter and physically check the condition of the battery first. The onboard battery gauge is only a basic guide so you need an accurate measurement to determine the state of the battery. A fully charged battery should indicate around 13 volts and anything below 12.5 is dead.


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Hi I dont have a voltmeter yet as this is my first ever caravan, it was my parents caravan but as he has suffered badly from covid he cant tell me much at this time, so I just have to work everything out, it does have a solar connected to the battery and I know the battery isnt an old one, if I just plug it into the mains for a day you think this would be alright? Thankyou


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You can only give it a try.

Then pop down Halfords and get one of these.

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Quote: Originally posted by tango55 on 27/3/2021
If the caravan hasn't been moved for a year and still has the leisure battery connected then the battery will be dead flat with no charge. If this is the case then it's doubtful whether the onboard charger will kick start the battery into accepting a charge so you need to get a voltmeter and physically check the condition of the battery first. The onboard battery gauge is only a basic guide so you need an accurate measurement to determine the state of the battery. A fully charged battery should indicate around 13 volts and anything below 12.5 is dead.


not quite true.. 13 volts will only be seen when a battery is fresh off charge.. once its settled for a few hours fully charge it will 12.6 or 12.5..

12 volts is near flat not 12.5..

trog


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28/3/2021 at 1:24pm
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Quote: Originally posted by trog100 on 28/3/2021
Quote: Originally posted by tango55 on 27/3/2021
If the caravan hasn't been moved for a year and still has the leisure battery connected then the battery will be dead flat with no charge. If this is the case then it's doubtful whether the onboard charger will kick start the battery into accepting a charge so you need to get a voltmeter and physically check the condition of the battery first. The onboard battery gauge is only a basic guide so you need an accurate measurement to determine the state of the battery. A fully charged battery should indicate around 13 volts and anything below 12.5 is dead.





not quite true.. 13 volts will only be seen when a battery is fresh off charge.. once its settled for a few hours fully charge it will 12.6 or 12.5..

12 volts is near flat not 12.5..

trog



Maybe that is the case but the OP wants to use the motor mover but we don't know exactly how far so 12.5 volts may not be enough if there is any distance involved. There is not enough information to go on really so to take any guess work out of the equation it's still advisable to obtain a voltmeter and do some checking first like other posts have suggested.


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Hi yeah I will get a voltmeter will come in handy something else to figure out how to use I only need to move it a few meters off the drive and then on to mine


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That Halfords test meter looks identical to one of mine, apart from the fact that mine is yellow. Very handy piece of kit and not expensive. They are very easy to use too. Only slight snag is that the DC amps range is very low for car/caravan use, but that's not a major problem for everyday use unless you intend to do a lot of electrical work. I have an old AVO meter I use for amps, as that goes up to 20 amps.




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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 28/3/2021
That Halfords test meter looks identical to one of mine, apart from the fact that mine is yellow. Very handy piece of kit and not expensive. They are very easy to use too. Only slight snag is that the DC amps range is very low for car/caravan use, but that's not a major problem for everyday use unless you intend to do a lot of electrical work. I have an old AVO meter I use for amps, as that goes up to 20 amps.





Mine is exactly the same in yellow as well Colin. I agree that it is a handy bit of kit as I originally bought it mainly to check the battery voltage but came in use to detect that the onboard charger had become defective which saved me the time and cost of getting a service engineer out so a good investment for under a tenner.


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Lidl are doing a decent looking auto-ranging Multimeter for £9.99 from Sunday 21st March, you might be lucky a find one still in store.


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this is a better one ,at screwfix, and cheaper
600v range
10amp
and 2M,ohm resistance
https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-mas830b-digital-multimeter-600v/75337

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Quote: Originally posted by G#Winger on 28/3/2021
this is a better one ,at screwfix, and cheaper
600v range
10amp
and 2M,ohm resistance
https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-mas830b-digital-multimeter-600v/75337


Yes, that's a good one too, especially with a 10 AMP range. I'd think about getting one of those if I didn't have my AVO meter.


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Just plug it in and see if it charges. Fingers crossed.🤞 If you say it was your Dad's van I reckon he would have had everything perfect. Hope you're Dad is Ok. Happy Caravaning.😁



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