Sorry - I know there are 1000's of posts about leisure batteries so my apologies for yet another. Bought a new leisure battery (Numax DC27MF, 95Ah) in late summer, hoping to get away in the Autumn, but then everything locked down. Disconnected the battery, and brought it indoors to store it over winter. Other than briefly switching lights on to check the van out before winter, the battery has never been used. However, when I checked it out a month ago, it had discharged. We've charged it back up using a Maypole trickle charger, but when I've got it out again, the charger is showing it's lost charge again, in the space of a few weeks. Sorry - I didn't think to note what the charge was before starting to charge it up - it was 'red' - that's all I noticed.
We're due to have our first trip away in a few days, and I'm worried that the battery is useless (and we don't have EHU at the site we've booked...). So my questions are:-
1) Should I get a new battery?
2) Is it normal for a brand new battery to die over winter when stored indoors, but not trickle charged, or should I be going back to the seller for a refund?
Newbie vanner, in cased you hadn't already guessed. Canvas (rip-stop nylon) camper before. AA batteries don't cause this much stress...
We're due to have our first trip away in a few days, and I'm worried that the battery is useless (and we don't have EHU at the site we've booked...). So my questions are:-
1) Should I get a new battery?
2) Is it normal for a brand new battery to die over winter when stored indoors, but not trickle charged, or should I be going back to the seller for a refund?
Newbie vanner, in cased you hadn't already guessed. Canvas (rip-stop nylon) camper before. AA batteries don't cause this much stress...