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You should put a voltmeter on the battery terminals. Most British vans isolate the habitation electrics when the engine is started
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I agree sounds like the battery has had it, I would turn off the charger and hope it has survived. Biggest cause of blown chargers is trying to charge a duff battery.
More likely to blow the fuse, usually 20 ampsIs there a risk the alternator will be damaged if the battery is not taking a charge?
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Great news.Problem diagnosed as a faulty charger - fan not working. Now replaced and all OK (for the time being)........
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Yip so trueAlways nice when people bother to update a thread with the conclusion
Martin
Don't want to pour come on your cornflakes
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Damn auto correct... Should have said Coke .. Either way makes sense I guess...
Exactly the same thing happened to us on a site in Germany last year. Went out for the day leaving the van on EHU. On returning, smoke alarm was sounding and terrible smell in van. Opened up battery compartment and battery was "boiling" with the potential for fire / explosion. This incident almost certainly led to the premature demise of my charger one year later as referred to in this post. Always very cautious now when leaving van on EHU!Great news.
Don't want to pour come on your cornflakes but I had a similar event and once I replaced the charger the battery started venting and set the smoke alarm off.. when I went out to the van the battery was bubbling over and releasing a horrible gas .. turned out the dead battery had killed the old charger but the new one was made of sterner stuff and almost could have lost me the van. I would be careful and check your battery condition before leaving it unattended
This incident almost certainly led to the premature demise of my charger one year later as referred to in this post.
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