Battery

Post by **maximus** » 30 Oct 2006, 20:14

How doo

If your leisure Battery is on the way out will it drain the main when it goes flat?

Its a westy and I have had the Fridge dial off but had it on Battery all the time, will this drain it?? Should I have it on Hook up button when driving everyday??

cheers

Post by **Hacksawbob** » 30 Oct 2006, 20:39

assuming it has a split charge relay, which I think the westie has, so long as noone has mucked with it. The charge will only drain from leisure when engine is stopped.

Post by **Andyvandy** » 30 Oct 2006, 20:39

A duff leisure battery won't drain your vehicle battery as they are effectively separated from each other by the charging system.

Running the fridge off your leisure battery will flatten it in a couple of hours.

Run it on gas or hook up!

Andy

Post by **maximus** » 30 Oct 2006, 21:22

Cheers guys

But for everyday driving and when on the driveway what button should i have it on, obviously not on gas, the battery one or the hook up button?

Post by **Westy.Club.Joker** » 30 Oct 2006, 21:25

If you are hooked up, have the 240V button pressed, if you don`t have hook-up use the gas, and if you are on the move use the 12V (don`t combine any 2 buttons or you can damage something)
Don`t use the gas on the move, it will blow the flame out down the flue, and the fridge then tries to re-ignite itself (constant clicking)

Post by **maximus** » 30 Oct 2006, 22:08

My battery light is on red tried driving round to charge it then goes yellow I go back to it 10 mins later (not switched anything on) and its red again

There's always something

Post by **Westy.Club.Joker** » 30 Oct 2006, 22:16

Try charging the battery with a battery charger (watch what type of battery you have and use the right charger, standard lead/acid type or a leisure battery? )

Could be that your split charging system is faulty, duff relay? Or the battery is knacked? Coould also be that the Westy battery monitor/water level monitor panel is kaput?

Battery can be tested by a battery shop, they use a special device that loads the battery across the terminals and a gauge shows state of battery.
Charge first and then see if it`s holding charge.

Post by **maximus** » 30 Oct 2006, 22:19

Keep you posted cheers

Post by **kevtherev** » 30 Oct 2006, 22:28

try using a leisure battery charger to refresh the battery.

I bought one for a tenner and revived my old batt. charging from the alternator is fine but these batteries work differently to starter batts and ideally like a deep cycle or four phased charge, they gas the plates in the cells which removes the sulphate from them...it's the sulphate build up that will add to poor charging along with low fluid levels.
eventually they die but good maintainance will give long life

Post by **maximus** » 31 Oct 2006, 10:14

Nice one Kev I will try that I suppose I'm going to need a charger at some point.

The fluid levels were low anyway so I have yopped it up.

Post by **maximus** » 31 Oct 2006, 17:55

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SELMAR-GUARDIAN-R ... dZViewItem

What do you guys think of this for charging my duff leisure battery its a german battery on the van what do you think??

Post by **maximus** » 31 Oct 2006, 18:16

maximus wrote:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SELMAR-GUARDIAN-R ... dZViewItem

What do you guys think of this for charging my duff leisure battery its a german battery on the van what do you think??

Or buy a Numax from here?????????

sorry to be a pain

Post by **kevtherev** » 31 Oct 2006, 19:36

Lidl sell the Tronic T4X it's only a tenner and it'll cope with any thing up to 120aph

Post by **Westy.Club.Joker** » 31 Oct 2006, 23:34

I bought a charger from Halfords, it will cope with standard lead/acid types, sealed types, leisure types and also bike (small amp) types, so will cover most eventualities. Does the car, bikes, my boat battery as well. Cost about £40 from memory.