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Title: 110 amp leisure battery
Post by: vivaro 013 on June 17, 2008, 06:50:20 pm

battery only 2 years old, only lasting till about dinner time before showings sign of not enough charge in battery to run pump correctly , can anybody recommend a battery charger , or give advices on why battery isn't last
tyou

Title: Re: 110 amp leisure battery
Post by: jeff1 on June 17, 2008, 07:10:47 pm

What type of charger are you using now? how often do you charge it?

A good charger available from Halfords around £30 its an intelligent charger and ideal for what you need

Title: Re: 110 amp leisure battery
Post by: poles apart on June 17, 2008, 08:02:01 pm

Have you checked the water levels?

Title: Re: 110 amp leisure battery
Post by: alanwilson on June 17, 2008, 09:40:41 pm

check water levels
buy a smart charger 16AMP (£60)

Title: Re: 110 amp leisure battery
Post by: easycleaner on June 17, 2008, 09:53:28 pm

If you let a leisure run battery flat between charges it will shorten its life and it will not hold its charge for very long.
Check the charger is rated for the size of battery. I got good advice from Purefreedom as they are engineers and seem to know their stuff.
Mart

Title: Re: 110 amp leisure battery
Post by: vivaro 013 on June 17, 2008, 09:54:58 pm

Quote from: jeff1 on June 17, 2008, 07:10:47 pm

What type of charger are you using now? how often do you charge it?

A good charger available from Halfords around £30 its an intelligent charger and ideal for what you need

thanks for your reply

only charge battery gets is when van is charging battery

Title: Re: 110 amp leisure battery
Post by: vivaro 013 on June 17, 2008, 10:00:14 pm

has anybody got a link to recommend a charger from halfords

Title: Re: 110 amp leisure battery
Post by: jeff1 on June 17, 2008, 10:30:40 pm

Here you go

Keep your battery fully charged at all times and it will last you years.

www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SearchCmd?text=Battery+chargers&action=search&storeId=10001&catalogId=10151&langId=-1&x=6&y=10

Title: Re: 110 amp leisure battery
Post by: easycleaner on June 18, 2008, 06:32:33 am

If you only charge the battery when the van is running that could be the problem. If you only do short trips between jobs it will not charge fully. This type of battery needs to fully charged and never run flat.
Mart

Title: Re: 110 amp leisure battery
Post by: russ_clark on June 18, 2008, 07:24:52 am

I use the Intelligent charger sold by cleaning spot
they sell them on ebay £40 delivered.
Re the split charge relay wired in your van
as previous post stated if you are not doing decent runs it will
not give the battery enough to charge it properly.
I have disconnected them both from my vans since buying this
charger and never had a problem.
Russ