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Over winter battery charging
Posted: 16 Oct 2010, 10:11
by gypo
Call me a soft lad but i wont be using our bus over the winter so i was wondering what would be the best way to charge the batteries over the winter.
Option 1: Should i leave the hook up plugged in and charge them both off the zig chargers and would this be ok to leave on all winter?
Option 2: Should i use trickle chargers?
Cheers
G
Re: Over winter battery charging
Posted: 16 Oct 2010, 10:53
by kevtherev
option two soft lad..
Re: Over winter battery charging
Posted: 16 Oct 2010, 10:56
by Mocki
soft lad!
as above, trickle charge, but you should be running the van on a regular basis if you dont want to be spending half the "new camping season*" repairing the winters deteriorations ........
*camping season is jan to december
Re: Over winter battery charging
Posted: 16 Oct 2010, 11:32
by sarran1955
Hello,
Lidl, in france are doing a good charger, ideal for wintering,
from the 21/10/10,
19.99€
Might be worth looking out for
Cordialement,
Re: Over winter battery charging
Posted: 16 Oct 2010, 11:49
by Titus A Duxass
sarran1955 wrote:Hello,
Lidl, in france are doing a good charger, ideal for wintering,
from the 21/10/10,
19.99€
Might be worth looking out for
Cordialement,
You're being ripped off - it's only 17.99 here in the fatherland.
Re: Over winter battery charging
Posted: 16 Oct 2010, 12:27
by gypo
Thanks for the replies, looks like ill have to get me another trickle charger as i only have the one!
will just starting it now and again be good enough or do you mean taking it out for a drive?
cheers
soft lad
Re: Over winter battery charging
Posted: 16 Oct 2010, 12:50
by ninja.turtle007
£12.99 here.
Re: Over winter battery charging
Posted: 16 Oct 2010, 13:09
by tensilekid
Very good value at £12.99 I just got one , it has a 14.7volt function ideal for liesure batteries (they need a higher charge voltage than starter batteries) 3.8 amp untill charged then auto to 0.8amp trickle from then