Recent content by 19481986

Thanks Sir Roger, I'll try to get hold of a charger and give it a go.

Thanks for your answers. The charger is a Streetwize Model SW1BC5 Intelligent Fully Automatic Car and Motercycle 12v 3.8 amp. I am using it on the setting recommended for 85 amp batteries, ie the car setting. The battery has been out of the caravan for four weeks, before which it was fully...

Advice please. I have removed my leisure battery and connected it to a Streetwize smart charger. I have connected positive to positive and negative to negative, but the charger will not come out of standby mode despite my pressing the mode button to try and set the correct mode for an 85 amp...

Thanks for that RogerL. I will just carry a smaller payload to keep my percentage as low as possible. Thanks Damian Moderator for the reminder on the legality of the "rule", but as I am very new to caravanning, I will endeavour to keep my van weight as low as possible to maximise stability.

My car weighs 1666kg. My 85% limit is therefore 1416kg. If I increase the car weight with luggage and a passenger can I increase the 85% figure accordingly provided I stay within the car towing limit and the caravan MTPLM?

Thank you all for your helpful comments. I am new to caravanning, but I level (using a long spirit level) with the wheels first, then the jockey and only then do I lower the steadies. The tyres are the same and I try to load right down the middle with the weight over the axle. Damian Moderator...

I have only had my Swift Archway Woodford 2011 for a month, but each time I have levelled her on site she seems to list towards the off side. I have measured the distance between the bottom of the caravan sides and the centre of the wheels (on level ground), and the off side is 4 cms lower than...