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08/1/2024 at 12:55pm
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'Dead' batteries in that situation tend to stay 'dead' in a practical sense! It 'may' take a superficial charge and indicate the correct voltages for a fully charged battery, but chances are it'll have no charge capacity of any worth, and therefore is a bit like a chocolate teapot! Batteries left for any period (often no more than a few days) in a seriously discharged state are ruined for good and no amount of recharging or 're-conditioning' revives them! It's worth a try, it may not have reached or stayed in a seriously discharged state long enough to be totally ruined, likely compromised to some extent on capacity and no longer as good as stated capacity, good quality leisure batteries have some tolerance for abuse, but brace yourself for a new battery!
It's things like Motor Movers that will immediately show any inadequacies, water pumps are quite heavy loads but only briefly used (apart from maybe showering!) so may be OK, lights if old style incandescent bulbs and even fluorescent fittings, take a fair strain because of their prolonged use, modern LED bulbs are a lot more forgiving. The heating system will likely have a blower, that can be a strain, again because of it's prolonged use. You should get typically 3-5 days use out of a healthy reasonable capacity (80-100Ah) battery before it requires recharging (that is, only run down to point of needing recharge, NOT dead flat!) in normal use circumstances.
Preemptive but associated answer here! A common mistake is that new to caravaning peeps expect the fridge to run on 12v caravan battery - IT DOESN'T! It only runs (chills) on 12v from the tow vehicle (if towing socket(s) correctly/fully wired - and they aren't always!) WITH the engine running! BUT it does require the onboard 12v battery to run it's control panel on all but the very oldest vans, and the control panel being functional is essential for use on ANY power source. So a duff battery will thwart all attempts to try the fridge! - and don't expect the fridge to chill down quickly, they take many hours (8-12 hrs) to reach correct storage temps, but after an hour, you should be able to detect a chilling in ice box or on heat exchanger fins in back of cabinet if working OK.
As to user manuals, an oft ask question, as previously mentioned, older manuals are often very hard to find! But not all bad news, the manual is mostly full of 'cut and paste' extracts from appliance manuals, which you do appear to have. For the nitty gritty on the actual van, you often find the manual is a one size fits all effort that changes little over a period, covering a range of vans for that year, in fact for several years if no major updates in that period. It's worth looking for any manual from Bailey for your year and maybe a year or two either side, chances are it will cover at least the equipment and switches etc. for your van.
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