Leisure battery electrics question
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 12:52 pm
Just asking this in advance in case I can save myself some time when i do finally get time to get round to looking at this issue.
My Bongo has the standard leisure battery setup, I'm guessing it was done by 321 Away, as it's their kitchen I have in the back. I also have one of the roof mounted solar panels - 80w I think. It is also equipped with 3 x snazzy led spots inside that you operate by touching the metal surround.
I have noticed in the past that when I have disconnected the leisure battery all the spot lights are on when I reconnect.
In September I replaced the ageing leisure battery with an EXV 105 Enduroline model: https://www.tayna.co.uk/leisure-batteri ... ne/exv105/
It's been excellent on the couple of times I have used it - 3 - 4 days in cloudy conditions, fridge on all the time, lights working etc. On the very last day of our last outing I noticed though that the spot lights turned themselves on, after turning them off this happened a couple more times and then stopped. I didn't get chance to check voltage reading of leisure battery as we were packing up and needed to get away. This was in Ireland, early September, we were then over at the end of September to pick it up and get the ferry home. As we were driving out of the port the lights came on again, possibly as we hit a bump, leading me to think it was a loose connection. So when we pulled over I fiddled with the leads, made sure fuses were in tight and connections to battery were sound. The lights didn't come on again but then last weekend (the next time I used it) they did after a longish drive. Turned them off and it didn't happen again. At no time have they come on while the vehicle has been in the drive. I'm thinking it will be a loose earth / connection somewhere and hopefully next weekend I will get time to check. But in the meantime thought I would ask you clever & friendly folk in case it's something that has come up / been addressed before.
Apologies! This has turned in to a longer post than I thought it would.
My Bongo has the standard leisure battery setup, I'm guessing it was done by 321 Away, as it's their kitchen I have in the back. I also have one of the roof mounted solar panels - 80w I think. It is also equipped with 3 x snazzy led spots inside that you operate by touching the metal surround.
I have noticed in the past that when I have disconnected the leisure battery all the spot lights are on when I reconnect.
In September I replaced the ageing leisure battery with an EXV 105 Enduroline model: https://www.tayna.co.uk/leisure-batteri ... ne/exv105/
It's been excellent on the couple of times I have used it - 3 - 4 days in cloudy conditions, fridge on all the time, lights working etc. On the very last day of our last outing I noticed though that the spot lights turned themselves on, after turning them off this happened a couple more times and then stopped. I didn't get chance to check voltage reading of leisure battery as we were packing up and needed to get away. This was in Ireland, early September, we were then over at the end of September to pick it up and get the ferry home. As we were driving out of the port the lights came on again, possibly as we hit a bump, leading me to think it was a loose connection. So when we pulled over I fiddled with the leads, made sure fuses were in tight and connections to battery were sound. The lights didn't come on again but then last weekend (the next time I used it) they did after a longish drive. Turned them off and it didn't happen again. At no time have they come on while the vehicle has been in the drive. I'm thinking it will be a loose earth / connection somewhere and hopefully next weekend I will get time to check. But in the meantime thought I would ask you clever & friendly folk in case it's something that has come up / been addressed before.
Apologies! This has turned in to a longer post than I thought it would.
