Leaving motorhome idle

[Day]

Hello, I'm very interested in getting a motor home and have some storage already arranged as I have no space where I live.
My question is, would I have to disconnect the leisure battery after I leave the van at the storage site? Or just leave it as it is? There's no electric hook up at the storage place unfortunately.
It may be sitting there for a few weeks at a time and I've heard it's best not to let the leisure battery drain too much if at all.
I dont know if the van I do eventually get will have any solar panels but if it did come with solar, could I leave the solar on to charge the battery?
Any advice would be most appreciated. I'm a bit naive at all this.

 

[The Coops]

There should be a battery isolation switch on the van, turn it off and no drain on the battery

 

[Off da Grid]

Yes solar is fit and forget.
Get a decent solar controller.
if you just want it to maintain your batteries whilst in storage 100w would be enough other wise go for more for off grid wild camping. Plenty of threads on here about solar

 

[two]

Best to isolate the battery, to be sure, but remember that you have two batteries. The other is the engine/starter battery to which the alarm and other live devices will be attached. You will need to return and charge that up again once a month or it will become drained if you do/can not isolate that as well.
Solar would sort it, so long as you're not storing under cover. Wait 'til you have something specific and then you can get better advice about the solution for your set-up.

Welcome, by the way. Have fun and enjoy the trip.

 

[bigwood]

I think lockdown has proved a point about vans being stood and battery problems. As has been said solar and a decent controler to charge both liesure and vehicle batteries or a battery master is the best solution.

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[davidbaldam]

Hi and welcome to FUN.

 

[autorouter]

One possibility is a portable solar panel, propped up inside the windscreen. The glass will reduce the output a bit, but it should still work OK. This will still work even if it's only in direct sun for part of the day. It doesn't take much to keep a battery topped up.

A 100W portable panel will might come in useful when you are living in it, not just in storage. But I have had some success with a 2.5W panel in ideal conditions. Ideally a roof-mounted panel is the best - fit and forget - but if that's difficult a portable panel is a good alternative.

 

[The Wino]

Hello, I'm very interested in getting a motor home and have some storage already arranged as I have no space where I live.
My question is, would I have to disconnect the leisure battery after I leave the van at the storage site? Or just leave it as it is? There's no electric hook up at the storage place unfortunately.
It may be sitting there for a few weeks at a time and I've heard it's best not to let the leisure battery drain too much if at all.
I dont know if the van I do eventually get will have any solar panels but if it did come with solar, could I leave the solar on to charge the battery?
Any advice would be most appreciated. I'm a bit naive at all this.

Leave it until you get one most secondhand probably have solar now if not cheap to fit. You're overthinking at the moment! A lot more important is getting the best layout and avoiding damp.