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Only got the main starter so I'm assuming (that can be dangerous) that both are powered from the starter battery and not some weird construction of capacitors fed off the alternator or some other magic.

The brown earth's connected directly to the battery negative post mean that the current drawn by whatever device they provide the negative for will bypass the vans shunt so the ECU won't see any current draw from that device and wrongly guess the starter battery state.

...know if this was a standard change from T6 to T6.1s (2019 onwards) or whether it “just depends” on equipment fitted. Advice is often that you can charge the starter battery from one of the cab sockets, but is it the case when your T6.1 had a factory fitted 2nd battery installed? it wasn’t for me.

@kc22 What @Skyliner33 said... I've had the same fitted for the last year and now no starter battery worries at all :thumbsup: A small unit & not expensive Fit & forget

Yes I'm getting one for the starter battery LB on solar going to small site in the lakes with plug in power

Starter battery is under the bonnet. Most people locate their leisure battery in the base of the driver's seat (or possibly somewhere in the offside furniture in a camper).

Hi all. Thanks for allowing me on your forum. I have recently bought a 2017 ex AA T6/T32. The battery (starter) has died and I am looking to charge it. Be aware that I have gone from a simple but very reliable T4 and although that was simple I am confused with how I can charge the T6. Do I just...

Thanks for all this. Just one more question. So I will need a 70a fuse at the starter battery, 60a fuse at the Orion, 60a fuse at the Orion going to the busbar and a 60a fuse at the leisure battery going to to the busbar. Regards, Graham

...directly into the DC-DC alongside the existing cables. Takes about 2 mins to do! I put a simple on/off switch in the cable from the Starter Battery terminal to the DC-DC Starter Battery input to allow me to turn off the AMT if required (like the one in the bottom right corner of the pic)...

I recently replaced my starter battery, the battery specialists that supplied it stated that modern cars charging systems (smart alternators) combined with ever increasing loads is resulting in reduced battery life. They recommend putting an external charger on the battery every 3 months.

Thanks for the heads up

If you might have starter issues you could also try a BM2 Bluetooth battery monitor on the battery to check the cranking voltage, and it's a handy thing to have for the future anyway.

However I wouldn't expect that setup to be doing anything other than charging your leisure battery. If your main starter battery is going flat then the issue is there. Can you take some pictures of your main battery, and any new wiring for the Lazer lamps and where it connects?

...the leisure battery - related to the climatronic. When running the standard fan it seems to use the lesiure feed and not the ordinary starter battery feed, so I must have the DC/DC always swithed on to make sure that I do not loose the charging level... Is this a known behaviour? The good...

...spare (green) 200A spare (green) if you lift the middle black platic bit you will see the fuse links. its connected direct to the starter battery, the power flows via the red arrow. .... so you can use any of the spare ports to take a starter battery feed - all 200A. and use the to...

Been charging my Starter battery today and just by luck I was in the van when I noticed that the DC-DC converter turned on even though i’d disconnected the “engine run” signal to it by pulling the fuse (disconnected). Back to the REDARC manual and it states that the trigger works as follows...

Post dinner pics of your setup. And the batteries. Starter too.

...stuff and fuses in copex from the starter will be the feeds to the jump start sockets and the RDT (folding trailer) that are to the right of the RAC diagram I suspect. The OE feed you won't really see unless you remove the starter battery as it goes out underneath and then through the firewall.

The other option. Is leave all your chargers on the leisure battery, ie EHU and solar. Then use a small AMT12-2 mini trickle charger to keep your starter topped up from the LBs.... This is what I use and they are very effective, and cheaper than a dedicated charger, plus work all the time. On...