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Hi,

The squire mobile has no hook up but it has a zig unit, recently i got a portable dvd that works off a lead that i plug into the Zig unit.

The leisure battery would not run the DVD player, i kept getting a message on the screen telling me that the battery was low, anyway coz i run down the batterys ( both leisure and one under drivers seat ) at dubfreeze I invested in one of the portable starters that you can use when the battery is flat, enabling me to turn over the van.

With this connected to the leisure battery the zig unit will power appliances. So I assumed my leisure battery must be flat, which it was. took it off, charged it so it was showing 4 lights ( fully charged ). Put in back on van and low and behold same problem

Am i being thick in thinking it has something to do with the electrics OR is it that the leisure battery has given up the ghost.

Sorry its long winded, any advice greatly appreciated.

Our girls have a portable DVD player that runs quite happily on our leisure battery and a fixed 12v flip-down TV/DVD which also runs perfectly happily through a voltage regulator ... that may be the problem ... you need a controlled supply voltage. OR your battery's up't duff !

Ian.

So did you leave the leisure battery in a run down state since dubfreeze?
If you did then it could well be beyond recovery...

Thanks for the advice guys, unfortunately I did leave the battery when it died on me at Dubfreeze. The van coughed and splutterd home and coz it had been so cold and the gas on the van ran out and i did not have a spare, I massively fell out with the beast to the extent that despite Susies plea's I was gonna get shut of her ( the van not Susie ).

Ian i think as well as getting a new leisure battery i will try and source a voltage regulator, my bro's a spark so he may well be able to help out.

As far as Batterys are concerned is it the bigger the better...?

A 12v regulated supply with multiple ends ( ) was a tenner from Maplins (or the 12v Shop) ... I forget.

Ian.

nice one Ian. will blow the froth off a few at van fest

squire wrote:nice one Ian. will blow the froth off a few at van fest

Not with me you won't