Leisure Battery overheating need urgent advice please
Posted: 11 Aug 2020, 00:03
Daughter just taken VW T25 campervan down to West Country. Arrived at midnight and phoned to say funny gas smell. Traced it to leisure battery which was very Hot to touch. She has disconnected it and put it outside and gone to bed. There is some liquid in the battery compartment.
If she goes on with journey tomorrow what do we do with the two terminals to make it safe. In that there is no battery is it safe or will there be current to the terminals either from charging from the alternator (split charge system) or the solar panel.
From memory I know there is a fuse in the positive feed from Solar panel which we can remove. There is another fuse which may be from the split charge.
I know the battery has been on its last legs but what causes the overheating? I had it on charge before the trip and noticed it was a bit hot.
Thanks for any advice.
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If she goes on with journey tomorrow what do we do with the two terminals to make it safe. In that there is no battery is it safe or will there be current to the terminals either from charging from the alternator (split charge system) or the solar panel.
From memory I know there is a fuse in the positive feed from Solar panel which we can remove. There is another fuse which may be from the split charge.
I know the battery has been on its last legs but what causes the overheating? I had it on charge before the trip and noticed it was a bit hot.
Thanks for any advice.
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