[Slacky]

Holy moly!!

I figured that as I do 350 miles a week travelling that was enough to charge the system on a Grippa hot water setup.

Anyway, after a recent 'teething' problem I spoke to Oliver at Grippa and he suggested I charge the system battery. What a difference.

Now that is hot.

This is the charger I got, such a difference. Its too hot !!
 


https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004RFQ1K2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[NWH]

Are you saying that now it’s charging properly it’s hotter,if so I’ve had the same improvement since I’ve sorted this side of things out with them.

[P @ F]

Wow , that looks more like Battersea power station 

[dazmond]

I charge mine up every night.the split relay is only for topping up between jobs as Ive found out as the diesel heaters are heavy on the batteries....

[Slacky]

Are you saying that now it’s charging properly it’s hotter,if so I’ve had the same improvement since I’ve sorted this side of things out with them.

Yes. Seems if it’s not adequately charged the system shuts down, then fires back up after a short period and round it goes, in a circular fashion. I was therefore getting luke warm water. Being that was the first system I’d had I didn’t know what to expect. I figured maybe as the weathers so cold it’s that. So since the weather has warmed up the system hadn’t got hotter I decided I need to look at this.

[Anthony Jardine]

Always mains hook up every night to charge even though I have it wired in to a split relay  charger

Just better if your stationary for a few hours especially with electric reels,system is just hapoier

[lal]

Are you saying that now it’s charging properly it’s hotter,if so I’ve had the same improvement since I’ve sorted this side of things out with them.

Yes. Seems if it’s not adequately charged the system shuts down, then fires back up after a short period and round it goes, in a circular fashion. I was therefore getting luke warm water. Being that was the first system I’d had I didn’t know what to expect. I figured maybe as the weathers so cold it’s that. So since the weather has warmed up the system hadn’t got hotter I decided I need to look at this.

 Hi Slacky (Ben is it)  how long do you leave it charging, and how often would you charge it, mines going the same way,
 its warm to medium hot, but being as the air temperature is higher now, like you i was expecting it to get hotter, I'm going
 to order a charger tomorrow.

[Slacky]

Are you saying that now it’s charging properly it’s hotter,if so I’ve had the same improvement since I’ve sorted this side of things out with them.

Yes. Seems if it’s not adequately charged the system shuts down, then fires back up after a short period and round it goes, in a circular fashion. I was therefore getting luke warm water. Being that was the first system I’d had I didn’t know what to expect. I figured maybe as the weathers so cold it’s that. So since the weather has warmed up the system hadn’t got hotter I decided I need to look at this.

 Hi Slacky (Ben is it) it’s Matt  how long do you leave it charging, and how often would you charge it, mines going the same way,
 its warm to medium hot, but being as the air temperature is higher now, like you i was expecting it to get hotter, I'm going
 to order a charger tomorrow.

Once it had been on charge for 20 mins I checked it, whilst it was still charging.

It was charging all night last night - I’ll leave it on nightly from now on. 

[NWH]

I’ve had mine all re wired by grippatank 3 months ago if you do minimum mileage it won’t need charging every night,mine was doing as described above switching off and on as the split charger I had was useless. My heater now is putting out 70 degrees on the way to the next job on a lower flow and producing 50-60 on the next job,it now works a treat far more consistent than its ever been in production of hot water it’s hot now rather than warm. This is why I think people have dissed the single operator unit they simply don’t have it wired properly to a battery to battery charger like the one grippatank use.

[NWH]

If I drive to the next job for say 3-4 miles the battery is reading 13-8 14-00 volts,perfect for to work as it should.

[Slacky]

If I drive to the next job for say 3-4 miles the battery is reading 13-8 14-00 volts,perfect for to work as it should.

What’s it read once you’ve arrived at that job with the engine off and pumps running?

[NWH]

12-8

[Slacky]

Yea, that’s what I got. Thanks.

[lal]

Are you saying that now it’s charging properly it’s hotter,if so I’ve had the same improvement since I’ve sorted this side of things out with them.

Yes. Seems if it’s not adequately charged the system shuts down, then fires back up after a short period and round it goes, in a circular fashion. I was therefore getting luke warm water. Being that was the first system I’d had I didn’t know what to expect. I figured maybe as the weathers so cold it’s that. So since the weather has warmed up the system hadn’t got hotter I decided I need to look at this.

 Hi Slacky (Ben is it) it’s Matt  how long do you leave it charging, and how often would you charge it, mines going the same way,
 its warm to medium hot, but being as the air temperature is higher now, like you i was expecting it to get hotter, I'm going
 to order a charger tomorrow.

Once it had been on charge for 20 mins I checked it, whilst it was still charging.

It was charging all night last night - I’ll leave it on nightly from now on.

 Thanks Matt, sorry about getting your name wrong,  like you this is my first time using hot water, its a learning curve,
 but I'm loving it so far, i definitely see a difference of the efficiency hot water gives,  using it to  remove  Bird & insect muck plus algae
 on window sills, ive got a G/F/S job coming up this month, so looking forward to seeing the results using Hot water.
 
 Best regards
 Larry

[Slacky]

With it as hot as it’s been coming out now bird crap will melt as will Sean’s eggs.

[dazmond]

Also your shortening the life of your batteries if your not charging them up every night.....as obviously your draining them too low if the heaters not working as it should throughout the day...

I made this mistake the first week(last dec).it took 2 days before my batteries were reading a full charge after several days thinking the split charge relay would be adequate....it's not.....esp when your parked up for hours with heater on full....

[NWH]

I do at least 20 miles to work and back so it’s no issue with em getting a charge,I plug mine into the mains about every 2-3 weeks.