- May 13, 2024
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- Adria Matrix Axess
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- Caravan since 1983 - Motorhome since 1997
Hello.
I’m new to this forum, but not new to caravans and motorhomes. I currently own an elderly (2013) Adria Matrix Axess M590SG, in which we have toured much of France and some of Spain.
During the winter months the van is stored at home, is run regularly, even if just to the supermarket, and ‘hooked-up’ to mains at regular intervals.
The other day I checked the battery condition and the ‘magic’ control panel revealed that the leisure battery was down to 0%.
The motorhome had been hooked up overnight a couple of days previously, and had been driven a 25-mile round trip a few days before that. Everything had seemed to be fine on the electrical front.
I was a bit dischuffed to see ‘Nul Points’ on the control panel.
I suspect that the 11-year-old leisure battery may have given up the ghost?
It is an Exide ES900 12v 80Ah Gel unit, and to date it has given no problems but it is past the average life-span of batteries of its type, . . . . I think.
Nevertheless, I hooked-up and left the unit on charge for 24 hours, after which time everything seemed to be OK. Indications on the control panel were all back to the expected readings (100%). (When charging, initially, the control panel read 14.1volts)
So, I unhooked from the mains and rechecked the readings after a further 24 hours; the battery was showing 96%.
After a further 24 hours the reading was 91%.
24 hours later it was reading 23%.
As far as I am aware, there is nothing connected to the leisure battery that could cause such a sudden drain; the alarm system is operated via the main battery.
Now, I am a mechanically minded chap, who has been in engineering all his life, but to me, electrical stuff is a black art, which I never mastered.
My assumption is that the elderly battery is ‘goosed, (a technical term) but before I lash out on a replacement, I thought that I might enquire of the more knowledgeable chaps on this forum as to what, if anything, might otherwise be the cause of the problem.
I have tested all the kit that functions on 12 volts, and seen the expected voltage drop on the control panel as various items were operated.
Maybe the only option is to buy a new battery and then see what happens, but any info or advice would be most welcome.
I’m new to this forum, but not new to caravans and motorhomes. I currently own an elderly (2013) Adria Matrix Axess M590SG, in which we have toured much of France and some of Spain.
During the winter months the van is stored at home, is run regularly, even if just to the supermarket, and ‘hooked-up’ to mains at regular intervals.
The other day I checked the battery condition and the ‘magic’ control panel revealed that the leisure battery was down to 0%.
The motorhome had been hooked up overnight a couple of days previously, and had been driven a 25-mile round trip a few days before that. Everything had seemed to be fine on the electrical front.
I was a bit dischuffed to see ‘Nul Points’ on the control panel.
I suspect that the 11-year-old leisure battery may have given up the ghost?
It is an Exide ES900 12v 80Ah Gel unit, and to date it has given no problems but it is past the average life-span of batteries of its type, . . . . I think.
Nevertheless, I hooked-up and left the unit on charge for 24 hours, after which time everything seemed to be OK. Indications on the control panel were all back to the expected readings (100%). (When charging, initially, the control panel read 14.1volts)
So, I unhooked from the mains and rechecked the readings after a further 24 hours; the battery was showing 96%.
After a further 24 hours the reading was 91%.
24 hours later it was reading 23%.
As far as I am aware, there is nothing connected to the leisure battery that could cause such a sudden drain; the alarm system is operated via the main battery.
Now, I am a mechanically minded chap, who has been in engineering all his life, but to me, electrical stuff is a black art, which I never mastered.
My assumption is that the elderly battery is ‘goosed, (a technical term) but before I lash out on a replacement, I thought that I might enquire of the more knowledgeable chaps on this forum as to what, if anything, might otherwise be the cause of the problem.
I have tested all the kit that functions on 12 volts, and seen the expected voltage drop on the control panel as various items were operated.
Maybe the only option is to buy a new battery and then see what happens, but any info or advice would be most welcome.