as above.
take the Lifos out the van and charge up inside once its warmed up a bit.
or
warm the van up enough so the battery is around +5degc then charge like normal.
or
fit a heat pad setup (so that the charging source heats up the battery before starting to charge the battery)
or
swap...
John never fitted a DC-DC charger. . .
He relied on the Sargent for charging a Lifepo4 !!!!
Nor did he have a Smart charger on his EHU.....
Let's see what happened......
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Now hes fitted a VSR!!!!!
Lets hope his camper isn't Eu6 with stop/start.
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If it was me I...
@Malcyb did you get things sorted and if so what was the issue?
I have the same combination of CTEK 250SA and lithium battery and discovered (with forum help) that on EHU there isn’t enough voltage to charge the battery via my Sargent EC155. My Lifos was installed with the wall charger attached...
getting back to the o/p I have been pondering this issue and not being electrical trained I was supprised that the van draws the leisure battery down to 80%
I plugged my van in last weekend (fri) , before we went away and gave it a 6hr boost , then a 2 hr drive , but the leisure went down on...
I also watched this last week and did wonder how someone who prides himself on his tech could be so behind the curve on this stuff. I don't know if Ducatos of that age had stop/start and regen braking or not, the new ones certainly do
@Hickey install #2
those ground cables look very thin?
The grounds should be the thickest of the whole system and be capable of carrying the MAX current form ALL your loads at once . . .
so it should be as thick (or thicker) than all the combined red cables you have coming off the red...
Once the led was glued in place,I then installed a 230/12v Psu under the passengers seat base, looped off the adjacent power socket.
So.........
EHU plugged in = socket becomes live = Psu powers led = a green led confirmation on the dash board!.
using the ESP button was very fitting in my...
Thanks @Dellmassive - funnily enough I got a missed call from LiFOS shortly after your post this morning..... it seems you’ve had much better luck/influence than myself.
I emailed all the details to LiFOS last week - the App worked intermittently then stopped completely last weekend. I’ve tried...
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