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Unless I'm misreading it, that's not what the handbook says.
With the panel shown in the photo in my previous post, I can confirm that the switch does allow you to test both batteries independently. I went away at the weekend and the Leisure battery showed middle level, while flicking the switch to 'truck' showed top level when pressing the Test button.

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Lee.
 
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Do you mean no 12v electric works in the hab or no 240v electric works in the hab or neither?

So many variables :cry:

Edit: just thinking that's strange because surely you might want 12v available in the hab even if the engine is running?

Cheers,
Lee.

It's the 12 volt and it's a b.....y pain having everything going off if you turn the ignition key, this is the control panel
 

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It's the 12 volt and it's a b.....y pain having everything going off if you turn the ignition key, this is the control panel

Ugh :Sad: Good luck. Sounds like some rewiring work needed then.

Cheers,
Lee.

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Hi and good morning I think it's a requirement that all rear 12v leccy does not work whilst on the move ie engine running -the exception is of course the fridge --the control panel cuts all rear leccy once the engine is started --Of course you can bypass a lot of this :winky:
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Hi and good morning I think it's a requirement that all rear 12v leccy does not work whilst on the move ie engine running -the exception is of course the fridge --the control panel cuts all rear leccy once the engine is started --Of course you can bypass a lot of this :winky:
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I thought the same, Terry, based on the fact that it was the case with our Autoquest (our first van). I stated as much in a forum post a couple of years ago and was corrected - and, as a result, found that the 12v systems from the LB work in our Burstner with the engine running.

I can't remember the full detail but it appears to be a standard implemented by (some at least) British converters but not continental ones and not any legislative requirement.
 

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Hi Graham yes you are correct (I think::bigsmile:) Somewhere in the bumph for the Sargent charging unit in this transit it says just what we are thinking :ROFLMAO: and I also remember reading about it a few yrs ago -why it's a requirement in Brit vans I don't know :Doh: it could be one of the obscure rules that we follow and no one else does :winky: a bit like the cl/cls 5 van rule going on in the forum now ::bigsmile: The transit now has live feed to fridge loo and boiler dump valve all of which should be killed off by the Sargent unit except for the fridge -it has 2 feeds for that -:Doh: me I have no idea why what for but Paul does:ROFLMAO: ::bigsmile: or at least I think he does - prob one feed to work igniter and the other to work on 12v while engine is running --see I am making sense of my own non wiring bits now :Eeek:::bigsmile:The boiler dump valve requires a permanent live feed (AGAIN I think)and the loo got one because I forgot a wire to feed it so had to run a separate feed which now means you can flush the loo while traveling -a perfectly normal thing in my opinion ::bigsmile:
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Auto cruise is a swift not compass or eldis:Sad:

NO! 2003 Autocruise was made by Autocruise, Swift took them over later. And anyway I thought the thread was about the control panel operation which is quite possibly common to various makes
 

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