leisure battery

I have a question on Mid Point Fusing. I have changed my plans to include a second lithium battery under the passengers seat to beef up the capacity/reduce battery load. This is due to a large inverter in the specification together with other normal loads. What are peoples views on whether or...

I'm currently putting a split charge system into my van and am going to mount the battery undercthe passenger seat. Has anyone any photos of how they've secured this? I don't fancy drilling any holes if I can negate it. Regards

Some advice please on my viltron smart non isolated charger. I have this installer about a year now and its always been working fine , keeping the leisure battery topped up. As we are going away next week I decided to run the fridge and check its working ok, we last used it in November and...

Hi Everyone and hope people camping are having a good time!! After some advice please as this cannot continue!! About 6 weeks ago I filled up my 102 (Remapped) 16 plate (Euro 5 no adblue), 34k miles T6 in a petrol station I have never used before some way from home and 20 mins later the smell...

Hello to all on the T6 Forum. I’m Kevin , The technical engineer at Ablemail UK. I’m now on here to help with anything regards Ablemail camper power systems Euro 5/6 Dc- Dc battery to battery charging Systems products and solutions. Please don’t hesitate to contact me please to help Kind...

Hi I have a T5 campervan and the current power management system won't allow me to have my fridge runing while im driving. As you can imagine, this is massively inconvenient. I'm thinking about running a wire, fuse and switch from my leisure battery to the fridge so I can turn it on and off at...

Hi all, I’ve got a leisure battery under my drivers seat, should it be in a box? If so has anyone got a link to a box that fits? Thanks

I want to fit twin swivel seats, but being stupidly tall I'm looking at getting reduced height seat base boxes (to compensate for the additional height of the swivel base), however it doesn't look like there will be enough room to fit a leisure battery under the seats. My limited google skills...

My leisure battery is only a year old .when I now switch anything on the battery drains quickly from 12'8 to 7 them if I switch the lights or water pump off it goes back to 10;9 any help please

Hi all, I’m hoping some of you solar gurus can help with a problem I’m having with my converted T6 campervan. My set up which has worked perfectly for the past 2.5 years is: Photonic Universe 120W semi-rigid panel Photonic Universe MPPT charge controller CTEK D250SA DC-DC charge controller...

Hi guys i want to fit a 2nd lesiure battery to a t6 , has anybody done this? Tips please.

I currently have a Euro 6 engine with CTEK 250SA set up, using a single 110ah LB and 110w solar panel. All is working fine. I want to add a second leisure battery that I will house in a portable tool box that I can connect to the system in the van to either simply charge it or to add additional...

Has anyone fitted a leisure battery under the rear seats of a Kombi? i don’t want to mount it under drivers or passengers seats so the only location I have after the usual choices is the rear seat.

Hi all, newbie alert so please go easy on me! I'm just in the late stages of buying a custom build 2/3 year old T6 Highline T30 SWB 150 DSG with Sportline body kit etc from Woodstock Campers. I'm considering using it off grid occasionally but it only has one leisure battery. Before I go back to...

Hi - this is my first post so excuse me is I should have been able to find info elsewhere... I have converted a T6 into a day van and fitted a leisure battery under the drivers seat, I have the Victron DC-DC charger fitted for when I'm mobile. I have also fitted a NOCO Genius5UK charger for...

Hello everyone. My name is Lee and I am new to VW. I have just bought T6 2017 LWB and was hoping you could help me. The van is currently simple kombi with no carpeting and any additional nice stuff, I would like to take it on as a project. I would like to do sound deadening, thermal isolation...

Hi, I’ve just fitted a leisure battery and charger, along with EHU, consumer unit and two 240v sockets to my van. It’s a small consumer unit with 1x40 amp RCD and 2 MCBs. I’ve hooked the two sockets up to the 16A MCB and cut the plug off the charger (Victron Energy Blue Smart IP65 Charger - 12V...

Just finishing this, Really pleased how it works out. Enough space for several tops of battery and the other electrical gubbins fits in the front section.

OK guys, having more battery issues. Went away this weekend and tried to put the heating on at night. Low battery alarm registered on the heater. Checked the BM monitor and the victron and it looks like the battery can't hold a charge. Only the fridge was on. This is what the BM normally...

Hi all, After a year of lockdown and me being rubbish at keeping it topped up my leisure battery has died. It was fitted by the company who did the conversion for me so I haven't had to source one myself before. Are there any companies you guys can recommend who are helpful, knowledgeable and...