UK Pete
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- Jan 16, 2014
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I went to Ilfracoombe at easter and stayed at Rogers site, after 4 days an alarm went off on my control panel telling me my starter battery was low so i tried to start the van and there was not quite enough to get it going, this struck me as odd as my recently upgraded solar and battery set up was really working well, and the lesuire batteries were full charge , and everthing in the van runs from them, after checking out what could be draining the battery i discovered that the webasto diesel heater its circulating pump and twin fan blower are all wired to the starter battery , so all the time i was enjoying my blown air heating , showers, and hot water i was draining my starter battery, so roger jump started my van , and after that i ran my engine for 15 mins a day utilising my sterling battery to battery charger, to keep it charged
so here is the question, can anyone see any reasons not to just rewire it all to my lesuire battery bank, the reason i ask is why on earth would it of been wired to the starter batt in the first place?
pete
so here is the question, can anyone see any reasons not to just rewire it all to my lesuire battery bank, the reason i ask is why on earth would it of been wired to the starter batt in the first place?
pete