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Hi Funsters I need a question answering.
Serious :helpsos:..and Humour .. Wit and Sarcasm :Angry:..all welcome,
Because that is what this forum is about, Help and light hearted fun
Reason for the question...my motorhome (2008 Fiat 130 mutijet new shape) vehicle battery totally ran down flat after being left for about three months winter months NOV,DEC,JAN of no use, due to the immobiliser being on.............somebody mentioned to me to fit one of those small solar panels that are supposed to give out a trickle charge 1.5 w to 5 w...hoping this would be enough to charge the battery back to normal and to compensate what the immobiliser is taking out
Question 1 :......do they work...............or just a waste of money
Question 2 :......I was always lead to believe correct or incorrect to charge a battery you needed to remove the battery cable as the diodes in the alternator could be damaged on charging(with a battery charger of coarse on a trickle charge 2amp..4amp )or are these solar panel giving out too small a charge to damage the diodes in the alternator
Question 3 : if these small solar panels do work would they compensate for the loss of charge / life in the battery..would you fit them direct to the battery terminals...or could the solar panel crocodile clips be connected to the points on the front of the of the Fiat that you would use to jump start,..... or would the loss of so LITTLE ( I emphasize little)electricity..be a waste of time oh:...(after traveling through the cables and bodywork of the vehicle before it reached the battery.......
to remove the battery or the cables is not a possibility as it is needed for the immobiliser, then the radio code, as the motorhome is stored in a barn of a neighbour (no electricity) the motorhome already has a 110amp solar panel but I think that is just for the habitation battery not the vehicle, ...and as it is under a Dutch barn and the winter sun I am afraid if any charge would be little to nothing........if these small cheap solar panel do work I would place one in the front window pointing out hoping to catch a little sun???.
Answers and suggestions gratefully and thankfully received
Mel :thumb:
Serious :helpsos:..and Humour .. Wit and Sarcasm :Angry:..all welcome,
Because that is what this forum is about, Help and light hearted fun
Reason for the question...my motorhome (2008 Fiat 130 mutijet new shape) vehicle battery totally ran down flat after being left for about three months winter months NOV,DEC,JAN of no use, due to the immobiliser being on.............somebody mentioned to me to fit one of those small solar panels that are supposed to give out a trickle charge 1.5 w to 5 w...hoping this would be enough to charge the battery back to normal and to compensate what the immobiliser is taking out
Question 1 :......do they work...............or just a waste of money
Question 2 :......I was always lead to believe correct or incorrect to charge a battery you needed to remove the battery cable as the diodes in the alternator could be damaged on charging(with a battery charger of coarse on a trickle charge 2amp..4amp )or are these solar panel giving out too small a charge to damage the diodes in the alternator
Question 3 : if these small solar panels do work would they compensate for the loss of charge / life in the battery..would you fit them direct to the battery terminals...or could the solar panel crocodile clips be connected to the points on the front of the of the Fiat that you would use to jump start,..... or would the loss of so LITTLE ( I emphasize little)electricity..be a waste of time oh:...(after traveling through the cables and bodywork of the vehicle before it reached the battery.......
to remove the battery or the cables is not a possibility as it is needed for the immobiliser, then the radio code, as the motorhome is stored in a barn of a neighbour (no electricity) the motorhome already has a 110amp solar panel but I think that is just for the habitation battery not the vehicle, ...and as it is under a Dutch barn and the winter sun I am afraid if any charge would be little to nothing........if these small cheap solar panel do work I would place one in the front window pointing out hoping to catch a little sun???.
Answers and suggestions gratefully and thankfully received
Mel :thumb: