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17/6/2021 at 10:50am
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Pretty much a damning sign on the state of your battery I'm afraid! Leisure batteries can trundle along for some time into a leisurely demise with light loads such as lights and occasional water pump use, but motor movers are about the heaviest demand they ever see (unless you have an inverter!) and that shows up the weaknesses.
Worth doing a few checks before splashing the cash, just to make sure it's not simply a flat battery or bad connection. Make sure battery terminal connections are clean and sound, and if you have a voltmeter (multi-meter) make sure the charger is working when on EHU, the inbuilt van volt meter is a poor substitute but should still show an increase in voltage when the charger is switched on. If the voltmeter/terminal check shows all is in order, then I'm afraid it's a new battery. Expected life of a standard lead acid leisure battery is anything between 2 or 3 years up to over 10 years, depends on how well you look after battery, quality of battery and small element of luck.
Some may urge you to only buy a 110/120 Ah battery as that is 'essential' for a motor mover, it's not (unless you move your van hundreds of yards on the MM and/or spend a long time off grid), IIRC Powrtouch advise 85Ah as a minimum, but 95/100Ah is wise for peace of mind. There is every possibility that you can't even physically fit anything larger than 100Ah in your battery locker, worth measuring locker dimensions before buying anything larger capacity than you already have.
Beware 'cheap' leisure batteries, often only falsely re-labelled car starter batteries that fail relatively quickly when used as a leisure battery, false economy as you'll likely be buying another one in a couple of years or so! Look for a 'NCC Verified Leisure Battery' with the rating sticker on it https://www.thencc.org.uk/Our_Schemes/ncc_verified_leisure_battery_scheme.aspx
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