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[bobby]

thanks everyone for your input its much appreciated. would anyone have a link to purchase a b2b charger. i have a ford transit 2.5d with the bannana engine. its a 1994 reg. i am having issues with getting a dead battery after a few weeks unused but think its the radio draining it but need to look into this more as soon as i can.

cheers guys

 

[Abacist]

A battery master only gives a trickle charge but it does its job and keeps the cab battery charged.

https://sterling-power.com/collections/battery-to-battery-chargers

 

[mfw]

thanks everyone for your input its much appreciated. would anyone have a link to purchase a b2b charger. i have a ford transit 2.5d with the bannana engine. its a 1994 reg. i am having issues with getting a dead battery after a few weeks unused but think its the radio draining it but need to look into this more as soon as i can.

cheers guys

battery is probably shot

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[bobby]

battery is probably shot

the old one was this is a new one about 7 month old now and has flattened once so far after it was stood for 2 weeks

 

[bobby]

A battery master only gives a trickle charge but it does its job and keeps the cab battery charged.

https://sterling-power.com/collections/battery-to-battery-chargers

is that what its called a battery master? or which one would be most suited do you think?

 

[mfw]

the old one was this is a new one about 7 month old now and has flattened once so far after it was stood for 2 weeks

I have 160w panel with 2 leisure batteries none of my batteries go flat even over winter

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[bobby]

What DBK says. Our Sterling B2B is rated at 50 amps max and is computer controlled to "condition" the batteries as it charges, i.e. it doesn't just blast 50 amps at the batteries. Our van doesn't have the split-charge facility so I've included a battery master. This little gizmo is connected to the leisure and starter batteries and waits for the former to reach a certain level then it trickle charges the latter. Only 3 wires to connect, simple to do. Not a big deal in normal use but keeps the engine battery charged (solar looks after the leisure batteries) when in storage.

do you have a link were you purchased yours please? thanks

 

[Abacist]

https://www.vanbitz.com/product/battery-master/

This is the battery master.

is that what its called a battery master? or which one would be most suited do you think?

No you wanted a link to B2B's and that's what is on this page. There may well be cheaper suppliers elsewhere.

Is it your cab battery that gets flat or your hab battery or both? If its the hab you've probably left something on like a light or the water - best to turn the 12 volt system off. Cab batteries can go flat because of power required by alarms and other vehicle electronics but I don't know if that applies to a 1994 vehicle.

 

[bobby]

https://www.vanbitz.com/product/battery-master/

This is the battery master.


No you wanted a link to B2B's and that's what is on this page. There may well be cheaper suppliers elsewhere.

Is it your cab battery that gets flat or your hab battery or both? If its the hab you've probably left something on like a light or the water - best to turn the 12 volt system off. Cab batteries can go flat because of power required by alarms and other vehicle electronics but I don't know if that applies to a 1994 vehicle.

its the vehicle battety that i have had problems with. not a massive issue but i am thinking of maybe connecting the solar panel to the vehicle battery to keep topped up

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[GJH]

its the vehicle battety that i have had problems with. not a massive issue but i am thinking of maybe connecting the solar panel to the vehicle battery to keep topped up

This is what you want - BCM12. It keeps the starter battery topped up from the leisure battery. I used one in our old Autoquest 100.