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Posted thanks on Swift talk.

Thanks to you all....what an amazing community this is.

Ian. I found all the info on your website and have just come in from fixing it. Rather proud of myself actually!

It was on normal rather than on smart so it is now changed and should start charging the vehicle battery too.
The level for the leisure battery is 13.6. The vehicle battery was 2.1 Surprised

I hope it charges it, but if not the RAC will and then it should be OK....hopefully no damage, but time will tell.

I might buy one of those instant charge units Halfords do....are they any good?

Grateful thanks
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Hi Julie, great news, at least you have found out why the battery has not been charged.
You now have to raise the voltage even for a short period, just enough time to allow you to select the battery at the control panel.

I am not sure about the Halford unit, but hopefully you won't need it in the future, but?

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Sounds like you had your radio altered so it could be left on & may have left it on after parking up. With your charger only being set to charge the leisure batteries it has drained the engine battery. Should be fine once you have recharged it, but you may have to have a reminder on the dash to make sure you turn off the radio in future.

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Mine went flat last year.

I got a spare battery and a charger from Halfords, so I always have a spare battery at home which I can put in if I need to.

When I'm away, the battery has usually charged by reason of the trip.

Now, however, I have had a bridge added to the leisure battery and a generator, so I can recharge the battery without driving.
 
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Sloany wrote:
Sounds like you had your radio altered so it could be left on & may have left it on after parking up. With your charger only being set to charge the leisure batteries it has drained the engine battery. Should be fine once you have recharged it, but you may have to have a reminder on the dash to make sure you turn off the radio in future.

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No it was off.....I was in and out loads of times over the hours and couple of days after I last used the van.

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The RAC got it started and it is nicely charged up now.
The PSU is set to smart charging by default so it had been changed by someone and I have not touched it so I strongly believe it was Brownhills when they did the radio work.

Thanks again.

Julie

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