Touchwood
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- Aug 23, 2011
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I'm in need of advice yet again. My habitation battery is quite new (110AH Banner bought from Alpha batteries just over a year ago) so I was disappointed to say the least to find it flat when I needed to use the habitation lights on Friday night.
First question; am I mistaken in thinking that it should hold its charge for quite a long time without use? We last used the MH in November of last year (I know, disgraceful, we've been busy!) and since then it's been stood in my yard apart from a couple of brief runs out to keep things moving - no use of the habitation battery on those occasions. I'm confident there's no drain on it (though I confess the main power switch had been left "on") and it hasn't been that cold here - we live very close to the sea and rarely get frosts.
Second question; if it's not faulty and it's normal for it to lose charge in these circumstances, how likely is it that it's been damaged by this? I've recharged it via a hookup from the house (24 hours on charge) When taken off charge the MH voltmeter showed 13.7 v. I put all the internal lights on and this dropped to 13.1 v - after 3 hours with all lights on it had dropped to 12.3 v., recovering to 12.7 v. when I turned the lights off.
The battery has a four year warranty so if it is faulty it shouldn't be a problem.
Thanks in anticipation.
First question; am I mistaken in thinking that it should hold its charge for quite a long time without use? We last used the MH in November of last year (I know, disgraceful, we've been busy!) and since then it's been stood in my yard apart from a couple of brief runs out to keep things moving - no use of the habitation battery on those occasions. I'm confident there's no drain on it (though I confess the main power switch had been left "on") and it hasn't been that cold here - we live very close to the sea and rarely get frosts.
Second question; if it's not faulty and it's normal for it to lose charge in these circumstances, how likely is it that it's been damaged by this? I've recharged it via a hookup from the house (24 hours on charge) When taken off charge the MH voltmeter showed 13.7 v. I put all the internal lights on and this dropped to 13.1 v - after 3 hours with all lights on it had dropped to 12.3 v., recovering to 12.7 v. when I turned the lights off.
The battery has a four year warranty so if it is faulty it shouldn't be a problem.
Thanks in anticipation.