My main van is off the road so have had to lash up my temporary spare van with the old fashioned leisure battery set up.
I was wondering if it was possible to use the battery sight glass to determine if a charge was due? I’m using a 115 amp sealed battery. Would seem over the top to charge it every night.
This is just my opinion, DJW and the way I see it. It doesn't mean I'm right, but it also doesn't mean I'm wrong.
There are lots of things we have to do every day in our business. We balance our float against the day's work every day; we check to see whose paid us online every day; we fill our van every morning or afternoon with water, and work to a cleaning schedule every day. When out, we pull the hose off our reels and rewind it in when finished, numerous times a day. In winter, we have to plug in a heater virtually every night to prevent our system from freezing. It's just part of the job.
So why would recharging a battery every night seem over the top? The way I see it is that it's just another one of the many chores a day we have to do to continue working.
Battery manufacturers say that a leisure battery should be recharged asap after use. This reduces sulphation and our battery's last longer.
What we have to do every day doesn't take long. I think of what time my daughter-in-law sets off to work in the morning and what time she gets in, in the evening. Every day, she spends on average about an hour and a half on the road travelling. I just think how fortunate I am not having to do that.