Leisure battery goosed ?

[Marauder]

Educated guess unless you have a good battery monitor.

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Thanks Lenny
So would THIS qualify as 'a good battery monitor' ?

Votronic 1250 LCD-Solar-Computer S

<p>If you find yourself asking the following, How much energy does my solar system actually produce? Is the auxiliary battery fully charged? Are th...

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or do you mean a different type of device . . .
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[Marauder]

so you might want a 40A charager in that situation.

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So now it looks like i should get a mains charger. Lenny suggested the Victron IP22 series, but I'm not sure if there is a 40a version.
I can only see 30a ones.

EBL already outputs 18a to the HabBatt (I think), so
> can I put 20a IP22 in parallel to EBL ( or was that idea only for B2B )

> do I need isolated or not isolated IP22 version ?

> They have 1output or 3output versions, whats benefit of 3 output - can I take one output version and split to different destinations ?

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[Lenny HB]

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Thanks Lenny
So would THIS qualify as 'a good battery monitor' ?

Votronic 1250 LCD-Solar-Computer S

<p>If you find yourself asking the following, How much energy does my solar system actually produce? Is the auxiliary battery fully charged? Are th...

www.roadpro.co.uk

or do you mean a different type of device . . .
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That is only for the solar what you need is a Victron Smart Shunt or Victron BMV712.

 

[Marauder]

what you need is a Victron Smart Shunt or Victron BMV712.

Thanks Lenny

Both these are quite pricey, but do they both do the same job ?

Will they report Hab AND Cab Batts status, or just Hab ?

 

[h1ghway1]

It's obvious one of your batteries have gone, depending how long, it would bring the other one down too, so both need replacing, you can get cheap deep cycle batteries, and that's what you need, stay away from normal lead acid, they are no good for what you need, Shops like Halfords sale so called leisure batteries, but most are not (just normal car batteries) make sure it actually says deep cycle battery on the label, then check the date on the label too, anything over one year leave well alone, and when comparing Batteries, do not take any notice of NCC reports, they are fake, NCC do not test Batteries, they take the reports from independents but mostly from the Battery manufacturer themselves, Believe it or not, the NCC are sponsored by the Battery manufacturers. There seems a lot people try to hang on for as long as possible on their faulty batteries, it's ok as long as they have not gone too far i.e. not bulging at the sides, so please check them, and if they are even slightly bulging, get rid of them right away, because they are ripe to explode.

The replacement batteries are Numax sealed battery.. thanks for your input

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