Question on battery power needed for motor mover

I would suggest that - as you seem to be saying that the battery hasn't been charged for approaching 11 months - AND - it's six years old - that it will probably be well and truly goosed by now.  Charging from the car isn't going to put much in it and it if is u/s, it won't hold that charge anyway.

Best thing I can suggest is to go to the van with a new and fully charged battery and swap them over.

Can you not reverse it onto pitch and do the fine positioning manually if necessary!

peedee

This is a case where a crystal ball would be a great help.

WM, why not visit the van in advance of using it and check the battery? That will take the guesswork out of the situation.

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I see similar comments on another forum. WM, get yourself a new battery.

Your battery could be ok if the van is in a sheltered position e.g. in a barn, between 2 other vans. My battery sits in a seperate box inside the battery locker, it was 10 years old when i replaced it, i do normally keep it on trickle charge.

if initially you dont want the expense of a new battery and you dont need the mover to get the van out of storage and your drive to site is going to be a couple of hours or more, you could have sufficient power in the battery to do the last push onto the pitch, provided battery is not knackered, hopefully then, once you connect to the EHU is should charge quite quickly

Worst case scenario you arrive on site and find battery is totally knackered and you have to go out and buy a new one. Bound to be some heavy weights on site who will help you manouvre onto the pitch, word of warning, a new battery may not be suffciently charged to drive the mover, i think my mover requires the battery to be charged to at least 11.5v, anything less and it does not work. 

 

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bought mine on line, but if you buy in e.g. Halfords, and i did look, i was not aware of any facilities to check the battery voltage, and the voltmeter on my caravan never measures above about 12.2v, (just a simple meter in the control panel) but never have battery problems.

So if you buy on line and it reads 12v when you connect up are you going to reject the battery and send it back ?

as above, your battery will be FLAT .... you either buy a new one or perhaps take it to a local battery specialist (not Halfords) who might possibly be able to revive it.

Plugging your caravan into the back of your car will charge the battery .. no need to switch anything in the caravan (assuming all is wired to do so) The battery charger in the 'van is mains powered.

 

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