Phil J.
Free Member
Hi,
We bought our motorhome in November and the first time out, after 3 nights on electric hook up, we stayed overnight on a pub car park (with their permission, of course!) without EHU. The batteries died overnight although they had little use as we were in the pub restaurant for most of the evening. We took it back to the dealer who replaced one of the two 85AH leisure batteries. I understand that they should be replaced in pairs but we're fairly confident that they are OK for the time being (I will change to 2 x 110AH when they die) . We got it home and left it overnight with only the 12v switched on the panel and nothing else - next morning dead again. We returned it again and to cut a long story short the dealer had an electrician go through it who found an earth problem and disconnected some redundant wiring that was also draining the battery. The wiring is a bit of a mystery as there are 2 switches at the side of the control panel, one marked Manual and the other Auto and this is repeated on the garage. There were also several 12v connectors and cables with what appear to be network cables. We are told that these have been disconnected as they appeared to be connected direct to the batteries.
We are going to give it a try tonight as we want to ensure it's sorted. My questions are:
Phil and Ena
We bought our motorhome in November and the first time out, after 3 nights on electric hook up, we stayed overnight on a pub car park (with their permission, of course!) without EHU. The batteries died overnight although they had little use as we were in the pub restaurant for most of the evening. We took it back to the dealer who replaced one of the two 85AH leisure batteries. I understand that they should be replaced in pairs but we're fairly confident that they are OK for the time being (I will change to 2 x 110AH when they die) . We got it home and left it overnight with only the 12v switched on the panel and nothing else - next morning dead again. We returned it again and to cut a long story short the dealer had an electrician go through it who found an earth problem and disconnected some redundant wiring that was also draining the battery. The wiring is a bit of a mystery as there are 2 switches at the side of the control panel, one marked Manual and the other Auto and this is repeated on the garage. There were also several 12v connectors and cables with what appear to be network cables. We are told that these have been disconnected as they appeared to be connected direct to the batteries.
We are going to give it a try tonight as we want to ensure it's sorted. My questions are:
- What reading should I be getting on the panel ammeter - we have 0.4 with the 12v on?
- Having had similar problems with our last caravan - is there a backup battery for the alarm or does it use the leisure or motive battery?
- If it uses a backup battery - where is it?
Phil and Ena