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if you are looking at your control panel readout then its no surprise that they dont make sense. if its anything like mine its way out! put a multimeter on your battery terminals and check it . happy new year sean
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Hi all,
whilst parked/stored with the 240v on my power readings are Leisure 13.5v, cab 12.2v.
hi paul , maybe you could check your battery power at your ciggy lighter on the dash? sean
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Cheers Sean,
i will at some point but the daft thing about my Renault is the cab battery is underfloor and takes an age to access same.
As you say though its the only real way to check.
Just a thought but if you want to check the state of the starter battery with a meter use the "jump start" access point in the engine bay.
On ours (Autotrail - Sargent) the charger seems to charge the leisure batteries first, and then the cab (starter) battery. When I put a multimeter on certainly the leisure batteries seem to get the priority with output charge which makes sense I suppose.
Regards,
Trikeman.
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are you sure about that, [HI]its my understanding you need to toogle the cab battery to ON on the controler pannel to get it charge from the the 240 volt charger [/HI]
Remember when taking readings either on the pannal or direct of the battery /ies you should take then off charge for about 1/2 an hour prior to the the voltage flote and settle
On ours (Autotrail - Sargent) the charger seems to charge the leisure batteries first, and then the cab (starter) battery. When I put a multimeter on certainly the leisure batteries seem to get the priority with output charge which makes sense I suppose.
Regards,
Trikeman.
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On my 2004 Apache I had to fit a relay which when leisure batteries are full,sends charge to cab batt when on hookup or from solar panels!
Vlad
I like Scout thought whichever selection you left shown either cab or leisure that took priority.
My panel looks identical to Larbys (most likely is with differing name) but is a Sargent 2, the right buttons toggle between batteries, this is where I choose [HI]my priority, or not [/HI]?
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You choose power/supply from 2nd button top left. Leftmost is on/off.
The 2nd left chooses which battery.
The up/down on right show voltage of batteries, also used to set clock,, alarm, etc.
Not my actual controller as mine isn't a Lunar but exactly the same otherwise.
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On my 2004 Apache I had to fit a relay which when leisure batteries are full,sends charge to cab batt when on hookup or from solar panels!
Vlad
That's how my 2006 Apache works too Vlad - its automatic and prioritises the charge to the leisure battery bank.
On my previous van I had switches to change over from leisure to cab battery similar to what Larby describes, but no switches on panels on my current one.
Trikeman.
Now that does make sense mine does this. So when stored (with hook up) I should leave the top left on, then the black/white on also ?
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Yes good thanks but my question above remains the same to Larby. Looking at the PDF the black/white switches select which battery to draw from but I am interested in charging them.
whatever battery youdraw from (if drawing) will charge (if available from whater source)
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Yes good thanks but my question above remains the same to Larby. Looking at the PDF the black/white switches select which battery to draw from but I am interested in charging them.
Yes I believe you can charge vehicle battery by switching to secondary battery, as well as drawing from it. But I may be wrong.
The first picture I used (image from Google) shows voltage as 13.7v. and shows as Vehicle battery voltage, engine won't be running as this unit is disabled, it is showing LED on black/white button so will be using vehicle battery?
Cheers again.
I just popped out and pushed some buttons and the cab battery said 12.2 then I switched on the juice, selected on Black/white the cab battery and it said 13.3 so looks like it's giving charge.
Once the monsoon passes I will check with a meter under the bonnet just to prove it.
Thanks again.
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no need to get wet, leave it on charge till later to night, note voltage, turn off charger, go back in 1/2 an hour check voltage (because its now stable) will brobily be around 12.5 + volts.
so its charged over the 12.2 volts it was this morning and held its charge after the (mains ) charger has been turned off
These MoHo's are a great hobby, every day you find something different and sometimes challenging to get your head around, but what a 'boost' when suddenly the penny drops and another thing understood.
When I had my Kon-Tiki I thought I had everything 'under control' and understood which gave me a greater understanding of what was going on and what to do if something ever went wrong.
However, when I changed from the Kon-Tiki to the Apache the learning started all over again, what's this for? How do I do this? Why does this do it this way? Etc, etc, etc.
I really enjoy getting to understand every twist and turn of a MoHo and this forum has helped substantially in that - it is a common 'twist' that similar MoHo's which look the same can act totally differently, especially when it comes to wiring, control and expected outputs. It could be down to 'continuous improvement' and how long something has been in storage before registration that can throw up similar but different systems fitted.
Again, a very interesting thread.
Trikeman.
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