Leisure battery

[Scoffsontour]

Hi to everyone, hope someone can shed some light on the problem I now seem to have. We went to Southport last week and everything was fine with the batteries, when we got home and unpacked we stupidly lefted the 12v on and a light on. Next morning the leisure battery was completely flat. I thought no worries I'll just give it a 24 hour re- charge and it will be fine. But now no matter what we do the battery will not hold it's charge! Is it as I suspect a now knackered leisure battery??.

 

[PhilandMena]

Perhaps! How old is it? what type? how has it been used, i.e a lot of wild camping ? what size is it ?

 

[Jev88]

One light over night shouldn't flatten it. Perhaps already dying.

 

[Stealaway]

As above. What's the voltage now.

 

[Scoffsontour]

Hi to everyone, hope someone can shed some light on the problem I now seem to have. We went to Southport last week and everything was fine with the batteries, when we got home and unpacked we stupidly lefted the 12v on and a light on. Next morning the leisure battery was completely flat. I thought no worries I'll just give it a 24 hour re- charge and it will be fine. But now no matter what we do the battery will not hold it's charge! Is it as I suspect a now knackered leisure battery??.

The van is a 2001 Hymer Bclass, we bought it in February! Great time to buy eh!!! Not sure of the history of wild camping. The battery is a A28 varta 12v 110ah (20h) 90ah (5h) if that's any good? I have it plugged in now to charge overnight and try again.

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[Lenny HB]

Sounds like the battery has had it. Don't leave it on charge trying to charge a dead battery is one of the best ways of blowing up an Elektroblock.
The original battery would had been a Gel worth checking the Ekektroblock is on the correct setting as if set to Gel it will have shortened the life of your battery.

 

[Scoffsontour]

Sounds like the battery has had it. Don't leave it on charge trying to charge a dead battery is one of the best ways of blowing up an Elektroblock.
The original battery would had been a Gel worth checking the Ekektroblock is on the correct setting as if set to Gel it will have shortened the life of your battery.

What's an electronic?

 

[Scoffsontour]

What's an electronic?

Electroblok

 

[Lenny HB]

Electroblok

The charger and distribution unit.

 

[Scoffsontour]

The charger and distribution unit.

Cheers can we check it by looking at the transformer?

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[Stealaway]

Electroblok

Often under the passenger seat

 

[TheBig1]

sometimes, and I do mean sometimes you can recover a battery from dead flat by using jump leads and another battery to trick the battery charger into charging. Some chargers will not start charging if they don't see a high enough voltage on the battery. However, deeply discharging a battery will damage it and ultimately kill it