- Mar 16, 2010
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At the Peterborough Show I was struggling with the leisure battery. I know the Eberspacher Diesel heater takes quite a bit out of the battery, particularly on start up, but after just half an hour in the evening and then again in the morning it was taking most of the day to bring the battery backup with my solar pane, which is not normaly the case. So after the event I charged the battery fully using the EHU and then tried it out loading it to around 4 amps with lights and a radio. The result from my Nasa battery monitor was:-
Time - Volts - Current (amps) - % left
08.00 - 12.7 - 4
09.00 - 12.3 - 4.1 - 70%
10.00 - 12.2 - 4.1 - 65%
11.00 - 12.1 - 4.1 - 60%
12.00 - 12.0 - 4.1 - 55%
13.00 - 9.6 - Alarms
I thought it was looking good at 12.00 but obviously that was not the case. Result was a trip to Roadpro in Daventry to have a Banner battery fitted. The guys were most helpful in finding which was the biggest one that would fit in the allocated space.:thumb:
Time - Volts - Current (amps) - % left
08.00 - 12.7 - 4
09.00 - 12.3 - 4.1 - 70%
10.00 - 12.2 - 4.1 - 65%
11.00 - 12.1 - 4.1 - 60%
12.00 - 12.0 - 4.1 - 55%
13.00 - 9.6 - Alarms
I thought it was looking good at 12.00 but obviously that was not the case. Result was a trip to Roadpro in Daventry to have a Banner battery fitted. The guys were most helpful in finding which was the biggest one that would fit in the allocated space.:thumb: