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You would and Yes it would be safe to do so. But it would be very short term. Not a stupid questionWith the pack fully charged, if I was to connect it in parallel to a flat/depleted Habitation battery, would I get a short term power reserve?
Without damaging the electrics in the Habitation?
Sorry if it's a stupid question.
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There's no need to rub it in!
Just 'cause you're out dining with a different young toyboy every night!
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Thanks for that, the Cello range looks good for when the existing tv expires, but I'm not intending spending much more time with the little ones on non-ehu sites to justify that expense just now .If its TV usage that is worrying you, then how about getting one of the Cello battery TVs? They say the battery will last for 8-10 hours viewing, which in our experience is pretty accurate. Make sure its fully charged at the start of the trip and it'll should last a few days without needing to be recharged - might take some of the pressure off your leisure battery.
Thanks, yes we're all LED throughout, plus some extras I put in. I've a new 13kg gas bottle on board and one of those normally lasts me about a year, though 4 days running the fridge and heating the water will probably make a difference this year .Biggest difference to routine power drain for us was swapping all the bulbs out for LEDs... although it's sometimes hard to fit LED bulbs that have built-in RF interference suppressors in the same space, so I fitted some clip-on ferrite beads on the power leads close to the bulbs and that did the trick. Of course we're enjoying long summer evenings right now, so less of an issue perhaps.
Other than TV, lighting is the only "essential" we can't run on gas - and actually, TV isn't necessary if the weather's fine. When our grandkids were little we would keep some of their favourites downloaded to a USB stick ands plugged in to the TV (in case we were out of broadcast range) so they could watch one before bedtime story - i.e. keep to their routine. Made everyone's life easier. So actually a second gas bottle is more important to us than a second battery.
Not sure that I really understand the question Joy, do you? I guess you are just talking about the battery charger disconnecting when the batteries are full and the solanoid might not even be a solenoid but I still think the answer is NO don't worry about it.Ha. Wouldn' t have a clue what to do with one other than invite his granny round for a girlie chinwag.
Just quick question, which may also help OP... since the 'something'... (I'm not technical)... switches off automatically if the 12v leisure is full and as is the engine battery, would this damage the solanoid because you havn't turned the solar panel off before the 12v disconnects?
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