Leisure battery voltage drop help please

AnneGary replied on 06/01/2022 10:46

Posted on 06/01/2022 10:46

Could someone more knowledgable then me please give me some advice. 

2019, swift challenger 645 with solar charger 

serviced by swift dealer in November 2021 and put back into storage as usual 

got message from caravan (yes really! Surprised us too) saying battery voltage had dropped below acceptable levels. Remotely checked and it was showing 9.2v. Drove up to caravan storage (15 miles away), everything looks fine except for two things. 1, solar panel covered in snow/ice and 2. Servicing dealer had left control unit switched on (yes we should have checked it)  

so we’ve cleared away the snow and ice and switched the control unit off. Solar charger indicates it’s charging the battery but I think that will take some days to charge fully this time of year 

so, does anyone wiser than me think this may be the problem and solution? Or is there likely to be something more sinister going on? 

thanks in advance 

G

mickysf replied on 07/01/2022 18:41

Posted on 07/01/2022 18:41

The proof of the pudding will be in how long the battery will hold its charge. It may well show around 12.6+ volts off charge after a couple of days but this can continue to drop even if connected to the solar panel. These short days of low in the sky sun doesn’t help.

AnneGary replied on 08/01/2022 10:43

Posted on 08/01/2022 10:43

Little update,

the battery voltage has been rising slowly but the onboard temp and humidity sensors went ‘off the scale’ last night, minus 273 degrees and zero humidity!

 I suspect this is because the onboard system battery has now gone flat as well? But I don’t know

replacement leisure battery arrives today and will be fitted when the torrential rain eventually stops in the next couple of days. 

 

cheers. 

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