[mufcglen]

Anyone got one of these intelligent vsr looks totally different to usual little black relays, from reviews they seem to be good just wondered if anyone had one on here, £60 inc wiring and fuses on eBay, Abit more expensive then the cheap square black relays but I want something Abit better.

[Spursboy1972]

I have one in one of my vans. Been going strong for 7 years now...

[Steve foster]

One of the best relays that you can buy. You will also need thin welding wire and decent fuses. I have 50A fuses fitted to mine with 120A wire.
Plenty of info on Google.

[Spruce]

One of the best relays that you can buy. You will also need thin welding wire and decent fuses. I have 50A fuses fitted to mine with 120A wire.
Plenty of info on Google.

I'm confused. Please explain. Thanks

[mufcglen]

cheers guys, i ordered one this morning of ebay with full wiring and fuses as i couldnt be bothered doing all that myself, had enough of that when i used to be a mechanic!
heres the kit i boughthttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251730839507?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
glad you said its decent and from reviews on web it seems decent too, i kept reading loads of bad reports on the cheap little black relays being quirky and eventually dying so im happy to pay the extra for this.

[david mark]

I only do around 6 miles a day charge my leisure battery every night would the relay work?

[mufcglen]

think it would put some charge in pal but with the little amount of miles i think youd still have to take it off and charge it at least once a week?

[Rob@Blast off]

I've got one of these there great never had to charge my battery but i do a fair few miles....

[G.W.C]

Are these relays easy to fit?

[slap bash]

I dont really do  lot of miles and yet my relay keeps up only once did i have to start the motor and that was a big  5 hour job.

[Spruce]

The 110 amp leisure battery on my van took a hammering today with 2 pumps running.

Tonight I put my charger on to it. The battery is only accepting a charge of 3.4 amps and 13.3 volts. If I start the engine, the vans alternator will boost the volts up a bit which means that we can get a slightly higher amp charge, ie 4.9 amps.

It would be interesting to see if this SCR that Cheshire has will increase the charging rate or not. Bearing in mind that a leisure battery should only be trickle charged, about 10% of the battery's capacity.

[Steve foster]

This is what I used on my system.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4m-x-110-AMP-Red-Wire-16mm-Welding-Cable-Battery-Starter-110AMP-110A-Wire-/171474412560?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item27ecabe410

[SherwoodCleaningSe]

I've got one.  It's a good bit of kit, does exactly what you expect at high amps.

Simon.

[david mark]

I always bring a spare battery on the vans so will buy this relay to save electrici hopefully it will work.

[kevincoggan]

a nice bit of kit and well worth the extra money-its not let me down yet

[david mark]

What is the difference of this relay to the one that comes with the one that is built in to the circuit board on flow,controllers.is it because the amps are much higher so charging can happen faster

[Spruce]

This is what I used on my system.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4m-x-110-AMP-Red-Wire-16mm-Welding-Cable-Battery-Starter-110AMP-110A-Wire-/171474412560?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item27ecabe410

Ok, thanks. I understand now

[Spruce]

What is the difference of this relay to the one that comes with the one that is built in to the circuit board on flow,controllers.is it because the amps are much higher so charging can happen faster

I find that the alternator starts of charging the battery at about 13.8/13.9 volts. This will 'force' a slightly higher charging rate. Once the battery is fully charged, the alternator will not boost the voltage output above 14.4v. Your charging rate is governed by what your alternator is regulated to, so putting a higher amp split charge relay isn't going to change that IMO.

One of the other issues we have is that our leisure batteries are maintenance free. This means that they cannot be topped up with water. Charging an MF battery too quickly causes gassing of the water in the battery. Battery will be prone to failure due to a reduced amount of water - lower water levels in other words.

There is a number of videos put on YouTube by Sterling which are quite interesting with regard to charging.

Maybe we should be using the much more expensive traction batteries if we want to recharge faster.

[david mark]

This is what I've found in the past tryed all sorts of relays but still need to charge every other night but my van is only doing aroun 6 miles a day thanks for your advice Spruce

[Spruce]

This is what I've found in the past tryed all sorts of relays but still need to charge every other night but my van is only doing aroun 6 miles a day thanks for your advice Spruce

We are in the same boat with regard to mileage.

I was told by the manufacturers of the relay that Grippa tank supply, Samlex, that using that relay (Samlex BS100 100a) with not speed up the charging rate of a leisure battery when compared to a 30 amp SCR.