should I buy a battery charger advice please?

[Dean_374374185]

Hi I have just purchased a PowerTouch Motor Mover and I was wondering whether I need to by a charger. I intend using the van through the winter (once a month) and I will be going to sites with electrical hook up so presumably the battery will be charged there. . Is it necessary to have a charger as well? As a newbie any advice would be appreciated inclusive of recommended chargers if necessary

thank you

 

[JTS]

Hi Dean,

I would not be without a battery charger, you never know when you might need one. You do not say where your van is parked, in storage or at home. If at home you can always hook up and keep your battery in good shape. If you put your van in storage you could do what I would do and that is take your battery home and keep it warm and charged.However if you do as you say and use your van at least once a month and use sites with hook up you should not have a problem. Your battery will charge on the van to and from the site and whilst on site.

Good Luck.

JTS.

 

[trevgib]

Hi, We have the same motormover and it does take some juice out of the bat (110) so i tend to check the bat once a month on a bat charger. liddl were selling one for

 

[MikeA]

Hi Dean,

I guess from your question that you don't need to use the mover to get away from home, but presumably you might need it to locate your van when you arrive at the site - if not, then of course you never needed to buy one in the first place (don't, anybody else, let's get into that debate again). Therefore it is no good waiting till you get there to charge up the battery, it needs to be in good fettle before you leave.

The first question is whether you have anything on your van that drains the battery when it is in between trips. (We had a Compass Ralleye that had an alarm system that would drain the battery in about 6 weeks.) If not, then provided you are very regular in using the van and always have a hook-up on site you should be OK. But of course if you miss a few trips and the "every month" slides out to three or four months then you may well get to site and find you don't have the juice to move the van.

But even if you do let the timescale slip a bit, and you store your van at home, there is an easy answer that involves little additional expense or effort. Just buy an adaptor for your standard caravan mains lead from one of the accessory shops to allow you to plug it into a socket at home and wire up the van 24 hours before you plan to go away.

We have had our mover on two vans over six years and have found this works fine for us.

Cheers

Mike A

 

[Dean_374374185]

Hi Dean,

I guess from your question that you don't need to use the mover to get away from home, but presumably you might need it to locate your van when you arrive at the site - if not, then of course you never needed to buy one in the first place (don't, anybody else, let's get into that debate again). Therefore it is no good waiting till you get there to charge up the battery, it needs to be in good fettle before you leave.

The first question is whether you have anything on your van that drains the battery when it is in between trips. (We had a Compass Ralleye that had an alarm system that would drain the battery in about 6 weeks.) If not, then provided you are very regular in using the van and always have a hook-up on site you should be OK. But of course if you miss a few trips and the "every month" slides out to three or four months then you may well get to site and find you don't have the juice to move the van.

But even if you do let the timescale slip a bit, and you store your van at home, there is an easy answer that involves little additional expense or effort. Just buy an adaptor for your standard caravan mains lead from one of the accessory shops to allow you to plug it into a socket at home and wire up the van 24 hours before you plan to go away.

We have had our mover on two vans over six years and have found this works fine for us.

Cheers

Mike A

Thank you all for some useful advise Dean

 

[TD42]

Hi Dean, The chargers fitted in caravans only charge a battery to about 80% in order that the battery does not exude any fumes in the living accomadation, A multi stage smart charger such as CTEC or halfords charges to 100% plus some have a desuphhecation mode which is useful for conditioning the battery plates

I always use mine to charge my battey each time i return from a trip

 

[Dean_374374185]

Hi Dean, The chargers fitted in caravans only charge a battery to about 80% in order that the battery does not exude any fumes in the living accomadation, A multi stage smart charger such as CTEC or halfords charges to 100% plus some have a desuphhecation mode which is useful for conditioning the battery plates

I always use mine to charge my battey each time i return from a trip

Thank you all for some v good advice!