hi guys just fitted a leisure battery and split charger with battery monitor , problem is that it chargers both batteries but doesn t seem to able to charge either enough so when i park up both batteries are low and van won t turn over , when i disconect the leisure battery the main battery charges fine and engine turns over fine the engine is a 1600 single port could it be the dynamo/alternator the can t cope with the extra battery anyone else had this problem and is there a solution ? help welcomed
does the split charger have a swith for main battery on it or does it just keep charging both. i used a split relay. but found my leisure battery was flat. as the main battery could be on the way out plus the belt looks a tad slack.
hi im running this charger http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0828967152 and a 100AH leisure battery when i got back from dubfreeze on sunday the main battery was charged but the leisure one only had a small amount of charge in it i wasn t running anything of the leisure battery i check it monday morning and main battery was still charged but leisure one had no charge both batteries are brand new
Thats one fancy bit of kit and a bit over the top A problem could be that it will only switch to charge the leisure battery when the main battery is fully charged so if you are running a dynamo it will struggle. As the unit has the voltage display run it up and see what its reading If you post a picture of the connectors on the alternator/dynamo we can confirm what you type you have
