van insurance

This is an advertisement
Interested In Advertising? | Contact Us Here

Warning!

 

Welcome to Clean It Up; the UK`s largest cleaning forum with over 34,000 members

 

Please login or register to post and reply to topics.      

 

Forgot your password? Click here

Evan

  • Posts: 71
Battery charger
« on: March 29, 2021, 06:33:21 pm »
Can anyone recommend a battery charger for my leisure battery? And how often do you guys charge them?

dazmond

  • Posts: 23967
Re: Battery charger
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2021, 06:57:51 pm »
Can anyone recommend a battery charger for my leisure battery? And how often do you guys charge them?

I use a 20amp numax commercial connect and forget charger....I charge my 2 x numax 105ah batteries every night without fail....a 10amp charger would do you if you only charge one battery
price higher/work harder!

Jonny 87

  • Posts: 3488
Re: Battery charger
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2021, 09:12:44 pm »
What size leisure battery do you have?

I swear by CteK chargers. Depending which battery you have will depend which one you need.

 For a single battery, 100 amp or so, this should do;

CTEK MXS 5.0 Battery Charger with Automatic Temperature Compensation https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00FC42HAA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabc_2P8QHTSHX6RQV1DR4B91


I’ve got 360 amps of power the back of my van, so I’ve got this one....... love it.

https://www.rotronicsbms.com/ctek-mxs25.html

I’ve got mine set up so it’s permanently in the van, I just reel an extension cable out to the van every night. I run a diesel heater and two powerup reels , two pumps etc so I’m quite heavy on battery power.
Vision Technician / Visual Engineer /  Vision Enhancement Operative /...........................................................OnlyUseMeWFP AkA Jonny the Windy Wesher

dd

  • Posts: 2568
Re: Battery charger
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2021, 10:43:29 pm »
What size leisure battery do you have?

I swear by CteK chargers. Depending which battery you have will depend which one you need.

 For a single battery, 100 amp or so, this should do;

CTEK MXS 5.0 Battery Charger with Automatic Temperature Compensation https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00FC42HAA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabc_2P8QHTSHX6RQV1DR4B91


I’ve got 360 amps of power the back of my van, so I’ve got this one....... love it.

https://www.rotronicsbms.com/ctek-mxs25.html

I’ve got mine set up so it’s permanently in the van, I just reel an extension cable out to the van every night. I run a diesel heater and two powerup reels , two pumps etc so I’m quite heavy on battery power.
I have the Ctek mxs 5.0. Best charger I have had.

jo5hm4n

  • Posts: 948
Re: Battery charger
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2021, 02:24:34 pm »
Can anyone recommend a battery charger for my leisure battery? And how often do you guys charge them?

I use a 20amp numax commercial connect and forget charger....I charge my 2 x numax 105ah batteries every night without fail....a 10amp charger would do you if you only charge one battery

Daz, do you have your batteries connected together like doubled up with one battery having all the wires connected to it?

Thinking of going from 1 battery to 2 batteries by joining them together somehow.

dazmond

  • Posts: 23967
Re: Battery charger
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2021, 04:17:17 pm »
Can anyone recommend a battery charger for my leisure battery? And how often do you guys charge them?

I use a 20amp numax commercial connect and forget charger....I charge my 2 x numax 105ah batteries every night without fail....a 10amp charger would do you if you only charge one battery

Daz, do you have your batteries connected together like doubled up with one battery having all the wires connected to it?

Thinking of going from 1 battery to 2 batteries by joining them together somehow.

yes batteries are both connected together and wired into a battery to battery charger so the engine gives them a charge too when driving around....
price higher/work harder!

mac74

  • Posts: 486
Re: Battery charger
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2021, 08:32:47 pm »
I was using a Ctek 5.0amp charger (vgood) and still have it. But i wasn't confident that it was putting in that final 10% wack (capacity) into it, so i now use a Victron energy blue smart 15 amp charger with bluetooth  @ £140ish. Couldn't notice the difference between them though.