Battery Charger

[APort]

I hope I don't upset Colin but I had a problem with my new Abbey the last time I used it for a week on electrics. Do you need your battery charger on when using the mains? The blue light on the fridge started flashing after just over two days and I found that the battery state was in the red. I thought that if you were on the mains, your 12 volt systems would run through the converter. In the panic to keep the full freezer going I tried to run the fridge on gas but it would not light. On switching the 12volt charger on it all burst into life again. Is there a fault or do you have to have the charger on?

Allan

 

[Damian]

Allan, you have to have the battery charger switched on.

The only auto charging is from the car when towing.

 

[APort]

Allan, you have to have the battery charger switched on.

The only auto charging is from the car when towing.

Damian, Thank you for that, but why would the fridge go off when I am on the 240 volts when my battery whent flat? can you use 240 volt electrics working in the van without having a battery fitted in the battery box?