... oh no ...another leisure battery question!

[Seamus]

We got back from a very pleasant 2 nights in the New Forest and the newly fixed van was as good as gold.

One thing that was a little odd though was the leisure battery. I fully charged it up on Thursday night, however upon switching anything on (water pump/internal spot lights etc) the green light would go straight to red and on Zig unit. Now I dunno how old the battery is, but what is the general consensus on how long you should be able to run the water pump and say a spot light for before the battery dies... I would have thought it would be a good few days without charge however I get the impression our battery would last a night at best.

There is nothing else powered from it, the hob and fridge are from the gas bottle and we also have a split charge unit that I (think) is working fine!

[eatcustard]

Replace the battery, sounds duff

[CovKid]

Heh heh. You can tell you're from Bromsgove Eatcustard - if in doubt, throw it out - no messin'. Love this Midland approach to fixing things. I agree, if a big hammer won't sort it, get a new one.

Does sound as though its not in its flush of youth.

[Plasticman]

What? a new big/bigger hammer
mike

[Seamus]

Just had to take the blasted passenger seat out to get the darn thing out, wanted to see if it was a Leisure Battery at all or just a 12V car battery, having finally got it out I find that it has no label on the front, it is plain pesky black all over, however the date stamp on it states 30/11/00 so it is almost 10 years old... definately time for a new one me thinks!

I measure the space to be 305mm wide x by 185mm deep by 175mm high, doesnt seem very big and all the Leisure Batteries I've looked at are gargantuan!

Im wondering if in the future I get the internal bits (Internal Spotlights and Water Pump) rigged up to 240V if possible?

I also wanna rig up a switch to change the stereo to the leisure battery when parked up as per the diagram over on the wiki!

[Red Westie]

The light system works on voltage, something like 12.5 or above green (full charged) amber if you have one 12.2-12.5 and red anything less than 12.2 OR THERE ABOUTS....
So put a voltmeter across the leisure and measure the voltage with ancillaries turned off then on...see how much the voltage drops by and over how long a period.
You may just have poor connections.
Martin

[CovKid]

After ten years I think the test may prove a bit pointless now but a good way to test for sure. I just bought an 85ah leisure from a neighbour for £20. Its a little tall but I figure for £20 I can live with not being able to push passenger seat all the way back. May just move it down inside buddy seat and fit longer cables or extensions.

[dwayne]

I just fitted one of these yesterday http://www.alternativeenergystore.co.uk ... e-Battery-(positive-on-the-right" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;).htm

Perfect fit next day delivery and a proper leisure , think a few on here have them

[pionte]

crickey 10 years you say....if only you could find that damn receipt for a warranty claim


I just bought this one, http://www.alpha-batteries.co.uk/buy-on ... od_31.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

delivered in a couple of days and fits a treat.