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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Easyclean Windows on May 26, 2007, 05:56:01 pm

Title: ** ALTERNATIVE TO SPLIT CHARGE RELAY **
Post by: Easyclean Windows on May 26, 2007, 05:56:01 pm: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=98358&TabID=1&source=1&doy=26m5

I AM GOING TO TRY ONE OF THESE AS WELL AS THEY ARE ON OFFER @ £9.99 AT THE MOMENT
Title: Re: ** ALTERNATIVE TO SPLIT CHARGE RELAY **
Post by: LWC on May 26, 2007, 06:15:22 pm: thats a brilliant idea, i have a car battery in the back of my van running my system, do you reakon it would keep it going enough?

i only work mon to thursday. would get a good charge from fri - mon. then trickle in the rest of the week i suppose
Title: Re: ** ALTERNATIVE TO SPLIT CHARGE RELAY **
Post by: Clive McDonald on May 26, 2007, 06:17:53 pm: I paid £120 for mine. But they did a good job( I think ). I bought something that was £15 to do it myself but it was a bit baffling. I'm glad I went the pro route, the thing I bought was like a toy compared to what the pro put in.

Someone with more knowledge will advise you easy but I think this is another 'toy' to keep your battery alive if you leave it standing.
Title: Re: ** ALTERNATIVE TO SPLIT CHARGE RELAY **
Post by: Easyclean Windows on May 26, 2007, 06:38:52 pm: The thing with this is it has 2 connections a + and a - to your pump battery and the solar panel with trickle charge it through the day and over night no messing under the bonnet
Title: Re: ** ALTERNATIVE TO SPLIT CHARGE RELAY **
Post by: russ_clark on May 26, 2007, 06:41:27 pm: I am no professor when it comes to these things
But I would not think that a SOLAR panel would do much over night ???
It could be a possibility in the sunny months but the rest of the year
I DO NOT THINK SO
Title: Re: ** ALTERNATIVE TO SPLIT CHARGE RELAY **
Post by: jeff1 on May 26, 2007, 06:53:24 pm: Quote from: Easyclean Windows on May 26, 2007, 05:56:01 pm
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=98358&TabID=1&source=1&doy=26m5

I AM GOING TO TRY ONE OF THESE AS WELL AS THEY ARE ON OFFER @ £9.99 AT THE MOMENT
Save your self a Tenner ;) you could always send it to me ;D
Title: Re: ** ALTERNATIVE TO SPLIT CHARGE RELAY **
Post by: matt on May 26, 2007, 08:23:28 pm: in my last car i allways had issues with the battery, it was getting on a bit and the car would sometimes struggle to start ( it was a battery issue ) i would sometimes have to get the jump leads out

i fitted 1 similar to this and never had problems again

BUT

it wouldnt put enough juice back into the battery in the day light to run a pump off it daily
Title: Re: ** ALTERNATIVE TO SPLIT CHARGE RELAY **
Post by: EasyClean on May 26, 2007, 10:05:45 pm: The solar trickle battery chargers are purely for maintaining peak battery level to cars left standing that aren't being used on a daily basis, i.e. left in a garage for a week whilst on holiday, that kind of thing. If you're going to buy a solar panel for topping up your battery for WFP pump use then it needs to be able to recharge your battery at a minimum of 8amps per hour of continuous use so it would have to be a large solar panel and probably a unit to protect it from overcharging as well.
Title: Re: ** ALTERNATIVE TO SPLIT CHARGE RELAY **
Post by: Spursboy1972 on May 27, 2007, 09:43:45 pm: I bought a splitter relay form towsure in Southampton. £11.75. I then took it to a caravan place and they wired it in for me. Basically as long as your normal car/van battery is fully charged then this thing will charge the battery that runs your system and quicker than a trickle charger. I have not had to remove my battery at all. All Caravans are fitted with them. Its how they get thete charge. Its cheap and parts and fitting cost me £36. Bargain
Title: Re: ** ALTERNATIVE TO SPLIT CHARGE RELAY **
Post by: ScrimShady on May 27, 2007, 10:02:53 pm: i run a split charge relay and its been running fine for 2 years, the best bit of equiptment i ever bought, no more taking the battery out to charge over night.
well worth it