tokyojoe Not so new now
Number of posts : 46 Home City : Liverpool Model and year : 1991 Hiace Cruising Cabin 2.8D Auto Registration date : 2017-02-12
| Subject: Solar panel to leisure and then engine battery Sat Jun 03, 2017 7:21 pm | |
| Hi all, I have a nice solar panel on the top of my van feeding the leisure battery, but my engine batteries died after I didn;t drive the van for 3 weeks or so. Am thinking of running a feed to the engine battery...I am assuming it is a fairly easy job...where do the wires run from - there is only one battery terminal on the solar control unit, so do they run from the + and - terminals on the leisure to another voltage regulator and then to engine battery? Thanks in advance | |
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GPW Hiace Master
Number of posts : 1527 Home City : Cambridge, UK Model and year : Model: KD-KZH100G-MRPGT
Year: 1996
Colour: 4K1
Trim: FN42
Registration date : 2016-07-16
| Subject: Re: Solar panel to leisure and then engine battery Sat Jun 03, 2017 8:42 pm | |
| You'll be needing one of these then:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/battery-controller-regulator-motorhome-batteries/dp/B006OA8LKQ
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tokyojoe Not so new now
Number of posts : 46 Home City : Liverpool Model and year : 1991 Hiace Cruising Cabin 2.8D Auto Registration date : 2017-02-12
| Subject: Re: Solar panel to leisure and then engine battery Sat Jun 03, 2017 10:36 pm | |
| - GPW wrote:
- You'll be needing one of these then:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/battery-controller-regulator-motorhome-batteries/dp/B006OA8LKQ
Simple when you know how | |
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TwentyOneThirtyFive Been here a while
Number of posts : 222 Home City : Hertfordshire, UK Model and year : Super GL Camper (Vantech), 2.8D 4wd, 1995 Registration date : 2016-08-04
| Subject: Re: Solar panel to leisure and then engine battery Sun Jun 04, 2017 11:21 am | |
| Alternatively use a voltage sensing relay between the batteries that works in both directions.
I use the Cyrix one, so when the engine is running it charges the leisure batteries, and when on hookup (or when my solar panel finally arrives!) it will charge the vehicle battery as well.
It also allows jumpstarting from the leisure battery, but you will need hefty cables for that.
http://www.12voltplanet.co.uk/victron-cyrix-ct-voltage-sensitive-relay-battery-combiner-1224v-120a.html
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tokyojoe Not so new now
Number of posts : 46 Home City : Liverpool Model and year : 1991 Hiace Cruising Cabin 2.8D Auto Registration date : 2017-02-12
| Subject: Re: Solar panel to leisure and then engine battery Tue Jun 06, 2017 7:24 pm | |
| Thanks chaps, think I am gonna go for the dual controller | |
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