Leisure battery

[MilosMotor]

Hi, I'm sure there probably is an answer on the forums for this question. I have searched and what I find seems to be very open depending on each individuals circumstances.

Where we park JEM there is no electric hook up, so the leisure battery is left without getting charge. The last two nights since getting her she has been outside the house and plugged in. But today we dropped her off at the farm, and made sure everything is switched off. This time its only for four days as we going to get her Friday night, Saturday morning. Once back here she will be plugged into the mains again.

ok waffling part over........

When she is being left for more than a few days at the farm, what will be the best way to deal with the leisure battery not being charged? have thought long and hard about this and came up with a few options, but really need to hear from you lot on what you do and how you do it.

1) solar battery maintainer in the windscreen, topping it up. ones I have looked at seem to have an intelligent charger.

2) disconnecting battery and bring it home to be trickle charged till its required again.

3) disconnecting battery and leaving it in place and hope that its discharge rate is very very very slow.

4) solar panels installed. This seems rather over kill, as we have no plan on being off grid.

Really would appreciate your ideas, thoughts, solutions. BTW this is our first ever motorhome, and we only got JEM on Saturday morning.

 

[Spriddler]

When she is being left for more than a few days at the farm, what will be the best way to deal with the leisure battery not being charged?

A fully charged battery in good condition should hold its charge for at least a week or two, if not a month or even longer.
If it was being left for longer than say a month I would prefer to bring mine home and keep it on an intelligent charger. I'm lucky that mine's easily removable in under 5 minutes.
Bear in mind that the output from a windscreen solar charger will probably provide far less than its rated output in winter and when behind a windscreen.

 

[GeoffnDee]

If you did have a solar fitted it could be set up to maintain the charge in both the engine and leisure batteries for as long as you need to leave the Motorhome You should only need a single100/120 watt panel for this , sunstore.co.uk near Worthing should be able to help if you do decide on this route (either for just supply or supply and fitting)

 

[MilosMotor]

thanks for your replies. I opted for a NOCO genius10 intelligent charger, and think anything over two weeks take it out and bring it home to sit on charge. Supposedly it can repair batteries that need it as well, some really good reviews for it.

 

[Swifter]

thanks for your replies. I opted for a NOCO genius10 intelligent charger, and think anything over two weeks take it out and bring it home to sit on charge. Supposedly it can repair batteries that need it as well, some really good reviews for it.

Sounds like the best solution. I would have recommended solar but since no off grid is planned you are doing the best thing to get the best performance. If you are physically able to remove the battery and charge it ready for trips away then this will keep it in very good condition.

Edit
Take Lenny HB s advice re the cab battery .

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[Lenny HB]

I would be more worried about the engine battery, engine battery will normally be OK for up to 3 weeks but leisure one will be fine for a couple of months.

 

[mitzimad]

despite no off grid needs id invest in solar to both batteries then you could park and forget

 

[MilosMotor]

Thanks for the replies. I have a noco gb70 booster pack for engine battery. Quite comfortable around engines, it's learning the home parts behind.

Our first week away started yesterday, had some massive learning curves happen lol. Really enjoying the challenges she's throwing at us, and really enjoying using her