Is my battery dead

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A Dometic 3 way absorption fridge seems to have been the standard fitting.

Bailey never used to fit smart chargers to their caravans but this may have changed. If the battery was fully discharged (although that is by no means clear) then you need 14.4 volts to fully recharge it which means the system needs to take the battery off line when on EHU because you don’t want 14.4 volts on the 12 volt system. 

Ideally with a fully discharged battery it is best to disconnect it and charge with a decent multi-stage charger like a CTek.

"If your battery went flat,the fridge was not the cause."

Rather - if your battery went flat,the fridge motor was not the cause. It could well have been the fridge control panel/interior light.

that's because absorption fridges don't have a motor 👍 

Many thanks for the responses.

The fridge is an absorption type and from what I glean from the responses the fridge will not drain the internal battery.

So this leads me to believe that when I found the fridge set to battery I panicked a little and got confused with the switches. It was getting dark and I did not have a torch at the time.

I left the battery on charge overnight (probably about 14hrs) by connecting the mains cable and measured the voltage shortly after disconnecting the mains. I did not measure it before charging so it may not have been flat. It could be that I did not have the main switch on so the voltage was zero (9v)

Just after charging the the voltage was 13.16V and about 2hrs it was 12.9V.

I'll measure it again in the morning and then try the motor movers. I guess it's OK but a fairly heavy motor mover test followed by measuring the battery voltage will give some indication.

 

Where would I find a decent wiring diagram.?

 

Thanks for your help

Andy

PS I'll try and get the screen name sorted.

 

Layman's term for the sake of simplicity as I’m sure you’re aware 🙄

The fridge cooling function would not have drained the battery but the control panel/ interior light could have.

You might have a wiring diagram in your handbook or even in your warranty booklet. Failing that, try the Bailey website.

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motor ... heat source 

They're both almost the same! 🤔

well not a tech head, but on my 2008 coachman there is a volt meter built into the control panel, when the ehu is disconnected it reads 12v, you have to have the master switch in the on position, when i switch on the ehu it reads 12.5v, never seen it any different since buying the van not even when i put a new battery on when i replaced the mover, however, is this post a wind up ???

"So this leads me to believe that when I found the fridge set to battery I panicked a little and got confused with the switches. It was getting dark and I did not have a torch at the time"

why did he not switch on the 12v caravan lights ???

seems when he first checked the voltage he did not have the master switch "on" but it was registering 9v ???

I make a comparison with my OH car which we leave on the drive for 3 months with the battery connected all the alarms switched on, on return it starts first time, never has the battery been flat and it is 15 years old 

one other point , my mover will not work if the voltage is below 11.5v.