Bongo Fury

Hi,
i have a side conversion running two cables down the side of the van, with a LB and EB in the front, but only one charger in the rear, my cables go up to my switch on the zig unit, i know i must connect the battery charger up to both live feeds but i am worried that when i switch the zig unit to LB it will loop around and take the charge fronm both batteries in the front, or have i got that wrong, i was going to connect my charger first to my LB and then a wire across to my EB, before it gets to my switch on the zig unit.

Thankyou, Fudgey ( BRISTOL}

Charger is normally only connected to the LB

My only concern is that if i am away on a campsite for a week my bongo wont start, but thanks anyway will connect to the LB.

fudgey.

Depends which Zig unit you have, the later ones parallel the batteries in the "Tour" position, and only charge the L/B in the "Onsite" position, the best unit is the Marquee 1 and one of the X70/80 charge units, much simpler to use and operate.

does anyone ever risk using the EB switch on the zig unit ?

Which Zig unit do you have ? I assume EB stands for Engine Battery ?

I have the zig cp400, it does need replacing but would like to find one that will fit and i dont have to do too much cutting !

thank you, found a Marquee 1 on ebay, but i dont which one it is, new and costs £60.

just checking that i got this right, when parked on site if i switch the zig to touring it will charge both batteries, does it have to be marked touring on the zig to do this or can i leave the rocker switch in the middle [level ) and it will do the same job. the one on ebay is not marked up touring.

thank you.

Not dealt with the CP400 before, the manual is here;
http://www.g8dhe.net/bongo_images/zig/Z ... _800WM.pdf
I'll see if I can locate a circuit, but the manual states that it has nothing to do with charging aspects! ..... well that was quick
http://www.g8dhe.net/bongo_images/zig/Z ... ircuit.pdf
and yes the CP400 is similar to the Marque1 in that it is just a control panel with the Battery selector - Volt meter - and switches (unfused) for loads.
In itself it doesn't have a charger, but I suspect would be used with something like the
http://www.g8dhe.net/bongo_images/zig/Z ... %20PDF.pdf

To answer your question NO - Select Touring or Car and ONLY the car batter will be used / charged on this control panel (its not a later version CF8/9).
Selecting Onsite or Van and ONLY the leisure battery will e used / charged.

The CP400 and similar is really only a module linked to other Zig modules to allow custom designs, the later versions CFxx are complete systems.

Thats grt, thanks for your time and information.

Fudgey.