leisure battery

[francophile1947]

So, if my starter battery ever went flat, I could attach a +ve jump lead from the +ve terminal of my Elecsol LB (charged obviously) to the +ve terminal of the starter battery and it would fire it up?

Andrew

Depends on how your leisure battery is earthed. Providing the earth wire is like a normal battery lead, you should be able to do it.

LB earthed from chassis I think - Willinton kit, so it should work then. Cool.

(Bongo not here - being MOT'd at present or I'd double check)

Cheers

Andrew

I don't know what size cable a Willinton kit uses for earthing the leisure battery, but it would need to be at least the same as a jump lead to safely use it as a starter. Any thinner and it could act as a fuse and melt

[berrega]

don't really understand the question as I don't know what you've got & what the switch is actually doing?

What I ment was, should the 'charger supply switch be in the on or the off position to recharge the battery?

I've had the van connected t othe mains for about 2 days with the charger supply button on the on position but the battery hasn't charged.

[missfixit70]

don't really understand the question as I don't know what you've got & what the switch is actually doing?

What I ment was, should the 'charger supply switch be in the on or the off position to recharge the battery?

I've had the van connected t othe mains for about 2 days with the charger supply button on the on position but the battery hasn't charged.

Can't see it getting far if it's switched off.


Has the charger got an indicator light on it or ammeter? Any other settings? If it's an intelligent charger you usually have to select the mode, have you checked to see if there's voltage coming out of it? you still haven't said what sort of hook up lead? Is it just an extension lead?
You make it very hard for people to help if you don't give all the info, we don't know what equipment you are using & what switches it has, links or a description or a photo would help.

[berrega]

I bought a converter from a 3 pin to a standard plug.
I plugged the van into the mains and flipped the chrger supply button to on.

This gives eletric to the van but isn't charging the battery.

[missfixit70]

Do a search on PMS - here's one that may help - http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... &hilit=pms

[berrega]

Well I gave up trying to charge the battery via the hook up.
I took it off and have had it connected for a battery charger set at 4 amps for two days.
when In started charging it it was at 11.84v and it still is.
So i assume its still flat.

Should I just leave the battery connected to the charger for a few more days to so If I can get it to start to charge?

[DE-OGZ]

may be worth taking the battery to a garage that provides a free test (I think that most national type battery/exhaust companies should do it for you). My starter battery went flat recently and I had put it down to working too many late evenings with the light on. The test proved that the battery was past its usable life.

A cheap multi-meter is also a great addition,(think mine was about £8) I can now test the voltage of my batteries, if they are charging properly and if there is anything electrical still drawing power from the battery.

[berrega]

All sorted.

I have a pms 3v and didn't know I needed to select 'charge on' followed by 'van' or 'car' to indicate which battery to charge. I'd left that switch un-selected so the power was just going to the sockets.