Help with Motorhome laid up for long term

I've had a CBE CSB2 trickle charger fitted for around six years to keep the Starter battery charged up and it works very well.

For around £20 and easy wiring they are well worth the investment.

I have only been on hook up a few times over the years at home or away and have never had a problem with the two 110 Ah leisure batteries or the starter battery which are maintenance free.

I have an 80W Solar panel helping to keep the leisure batteries charged and with the help of the CSB2 the starter battery is always topped up.

Although there are more expensive devices than this one I've never had any need to worry about my batteries.

Two Digital Voltmeter Panels, for less than a fiver for the pair, will show you the charge of your Leisure and Starter batteries.

If its on the drive then start it, blip the throttle to 2000 rpm and then hold it it at about 1200 for 5 min once a week and it will keep the battery topped up. If it was in good SOC when you parked it up it should survive for months, new vehicles have extremely low quiescent current.

Others on the keeping a tow vehicles battery healthy thread, would not agree.🤔

Keeping it topped up with the solar panel is less hassle and more environmentally friendly and probably better for your engine.

Lvlv, the simplest way by far is to isolate the battery by means of the red button by your ignition switch. Your Peugeot handbook will explain all.

My Auto trail has two battery icons, one for leisure and one for vehicle battery, when on hook up at home l select which battery to charge and alternate every 5 days or more. l assume the solar panel was fitted by the Elddis which in my experience would mean only the Leisure battery would be charged, as said on an earlier post you can check by putting a multimeter across the terminals on both batteries to see if you are getting the right volts, usually around 13.8 to 14 volts 

..but it wont help if the cab battery is already flat where some external help (CTEK type charger required) or the OP wishes to keep his alarm/tracker functioning....often the cause of the battery flattening in the first place.

if the solar nor the EHU charges the can battery then a Battery master or similar as used by DK and Keith eill do the job cheaply and efficiently.

Obviously it won't help if the battery is already flat, BB.😄

The OP has made no mention of an alarm or tracker being fed by the vehicle battery.

but by the OP's own admission he/she is a novice so does he/she even know if there's an alarm or tracker fitted? 😏