dougbobbill
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I guess this question has been asked before, but I couldn't find any reference to it, so I'd appreciate some guidance. My van has an 80 ah starter battery and 100ah leisure, with no solar. It is a basic 1992 Merc, with no alarms, engine management gizmos etc, no EHU and we do not have onboard fridge or hot water: the leisure battery simply provides lighting and radio but mostly charging our phones, tablets and vapes. The van is fitted with a split charge system with 140a VSR.
We have not had the van long enough to know if this is all we need to keep the batteries charged on any extended trips we may do: last year all was fine but was only short trips no more than 10 days, in the summer, but this year (hopefully) and next we will use it much more, for longer periods. I regularly hear reference to B2B chargers, and my question is should I have one, and why?
Whilst the van is parked up unused at home I use a portable condition charger with crocodile clips to each battery in turn
We have not had the van long enough to know if this is all we need to keep the batteries charged on any extended trips we may do: last year all was fine but was only short trips no more than 10 days, in the summer, but this year (hopefully) and next we will use it much more, for longer periods. I regularly hear reference to B2B chargers, and my question is should I have one, and why?
Whilst the van is parked up unused at home I use a portable condition charger with crocodile clips to each battery in turn