Leisure battery

[nightrider]

Some vans are parked up on the drive for weeks at a time, what do other campers do to keep their leisure battery fully charged?

[Guest 1footinthegrave]

I take both of mine off, and give them trickle charge through the winter, but also after insulating the leads take the van for a run say of 20/30 miles every couple of weeks to stop other items deteriorating like discs and tyres.

[nightrider]

Would there be any problem in keeping the van "hooked up" while on the drive with the zig switch in habitation mode just as if you were on site?

[Basil]

That is how ours is left at all times when at home. I also have a trickle charger conected direct to the engine starter battery via a plug and socket that I plug in to one of the mains sockets if the motorhome is laid up for any sort of lengthy period, i.e. more than a week.

 

Bas

[DESCO]

When at work had this problem as never knew when I would be at home and cured with a time switch, which is still in use today.

 

It is a programmable version that I have set up to turn on for a few hours each week, this turns on the EHU that I have at home, battery taken care of, job done.

[nightrider]

From Aldi I bought one of those small battery chargers that you use on say boats, motorcycles or any other type machine that is laid up for long periods, i think it cost about 12 quid at the time, i use this particular charger for the main vehicle battery.