Bongo Fury

Hi All
Can anyone explain to me how the leisure battery works/kicks in I am new to all this hope someone can help how do I know when a piece of gear is running off the leisure battery? is there a switch.
Kind regards
Steve Powys

stpn666 wrote:Hi All
Can anyone explain to me how the leisure battery works/kicks in I am new to all this hope someone can help how do I know when a piece of gear is running off the leisure battery? is there a switch.
Kind regards
Steve Powys

Generally speaking, anything that continues running after you've taken the key out of the ignition should be running off the leisure battery. Try disconnecting starter battery as a test.

The most common things to run of the leisure battery are the internal 12v sockets (lighter sockets), the electric blinds if you have them and maybe the interior lights and radio. As well as seeing what still works when you disconnect the main battery you could see what stops working if you disconnect the leisure battery as a double check.

Nothing will work off a leisure battery until YOU wire it to the leisure battery.

scanner wrote:Nothing will work off a leisure battery until YOU wire it to the leisure battery.

...unless someone else has already done the work for you

mikeonb4c wrote:

scanner wrote:Nothing will work off a leisure battery until YOU wire it to the leisure battery.

...unless someone else has already done the work for you

I was going to add "(or you have somebody else)" but then forgot about the smart a&$es and pressed <post>.

Not sure if you have one or not even if you have a second battery under the bonnet!
Some Bongos have dual starter batteries, if so then you have a switch by the drivers right knee with a heat symbol on it, and the two batteries have a thick cable connecting the positive terminals together with nothing (not even a fuse) in the cable.
If you have a Leisure battery fitted, then there is still a cable between the two batteries but there will be a fuse at each end (20-50Amps) and there will be a module somewhere in the middle of the cable.

If one has been fitted then as above some circuits need to be moved across to it, or possibly only additional stuff in a conversion may have been connected like a fridge and extra lights.

In normal operation you have an item called a Split Charge Relay (the module in the cable above) that allows the alternator to charge both batteries when your moving. When you stop or switch off then the relay disconnects the two batteries and only the items connected to the L/B will remain powered.

In some conversions you may also have a built in battery charger so that when your on a Hook-Up the battery is charged and the 12 volt system is powered from the mains. However this is an option not all conversion have this facility.

scanner wrote:

mikeonb4c wrote:

scanner wrote:Nothing will work off a leisure battery until YOU wire it to the leisure battery.

...unless someone else has already done the work for you

I was going to add "(or you have somebody else)" but then forgot about the smart a&$es and pressed <post>.

Hi All
thanks for your helpful replies I am grateful
Cheers
Steve Powys