vehicle battery

Possibly a daft question but I wouldn’t be asking if I knew. My T6.1 spends a fair amount of time sat on my driveway. I’m looking at charging the vehicle battery with my smart charger. I have the option of smart battery charging or regular battery charging. Which mode do I select?

Trying to charge my father's battery with a ctek mxs 5, done my own multiple times, but when I try to do his, I can hear a noise in the engine and his dashboard lights are flicking on and off, but the battery does not seem to be charging, very strange, any help appreciated T2k2

Hi all, My lights (interior and exterior, LED and non LED) have flickered on the van every time I turn it on whether its warm of cold and on auto stop start for as long as I can remember but for some reason now its starting to get on my nerves haha. So I was wondering if anyone new what my...

My van is new to me and I had the first off grid trip away last weekend with no issues. When I got home I plugged the EHU in to charge the leisure battery. The EHU is located under the bonnet so I plugged it in, lowered the bonnet but didn’t close it all the way for fear of damaging the cable...

Hi folks, Battery died when I was away on my 2016 VW startline. Had bizarre symptoms including doors locked shut and a bunch of blown fuses on the leisure battery side but fixed those with fresh fuses and resetting the codes after installing the new battery. Apart from the clicking. It...

Hi all. I require a new starter battery and I’ve read the thead on upgrading which I’m thinking of doing. If I do go down that route is the someone that can code it in local to me Dn14 area. 5 mins from jct 34 off the M62 for beer money. Or can I do it myself? Alternatively if I go with a...

Hi, I have t6.1 with a ctek 250se and a Duritc battery charger. Just ordered a BM2 as the starter battery is being drained. The van is standing for weeks at a time and I’m leaving on the EHU at weekends but the charger is only charging the leisure battery. Is there a way to stop the starter...

Hi, Can someone please explain how I correctly charge my t6.1 110bhp engine battery? Looked online and different opinions as to where to put the earth? Sorry to ask a silly question to all you professionals!

Hello hope you are all well. I have a 2021 T6.1. Every now and again in the morning it would struggle turning over, but would always start. When this happened the dash always showed "VCC error", along with some other errors (I cant recall right now, but I think it said the senser that the...

Hi everyone I am away for a few weeks so my van which is my everyday will be sat on the drive. How long before the battery dies, should I get my neighbour to turn it over from time to time? Thanks in advance.

Hi all, looking for some advice. I work away for two weeks at a time and when I get home my battery is dead. There are no lights left on or anything like that so wondering what could be draining it?. I have a usb port and reading light installed with 4 down light in the back. Thats all thats...

Firstly, my set up: 90ah agm leisure battery CTEK dc to dc charger Victron Ac charger T6 2019 Highline camper conversion with low mileage of 15k on the clock Job last week carried out by professional installer: Upgraded agm leisure battery, now 130ah Installed solar and connected to CTEK Tidied...

Hi all, Got a 2019 T6, original battery and its been playing up for a while. Last few weeks its taking longer to crank, not much but enough to be slightly embarrasing if it churns away for 5-10 seconds before biting. It's got a fair bit running off of it now like trackers and alarms...

Hi, my starter battery appears goosed after a long period of inactivity. Needed jumping before the CTEK would recognise it and after nearly 24 hours charging/reconditioning it started but after driving a short while the battery light came on and it now won’t restart. It’s a Varta in it but can I...

Hi, I need to remove my starter battery and want to know what problems might occur when replacing it. I've seen that I may need to reset the one touch window procedure lowering down then up again other than that is there anything else I may need to reset? the battery will probably be...

Hi, Had a new starter battery fitted by local garage. Been on a few longish runs 70 miles round trip and 30 miles. The control panel is still showing not full, do I need to do more miles or could it be something else? Going back to the garage but they say not camper experts so may need to...

Hi. Just fitted a new 95ah starter battery after which the MFD is showing a Stop/Start error when switched on. Also Carista is showing Battery Monitor Module fault. Battery has been registered with the Carista. Any thoughts and is the van ok to drive? Thanks for your thoughts.

Several days ago I fitted a permanent battery charger connection to the starter battery (directly across the terminals). I now have a CTEK MXS5.0 connected permanently while parked up at home. This keeps the starter battery fully charged and as it’s ’intelligent’ should not cause battery...

Hi, I've just bought a second hand T5 campervan, and it's great! However, in trying to work out the electrics, I had a question about the recommended wiring diagram that's in the PMS3 manual. It suggests that the car battery is connected to "FRIDGE IN", via a relay that only closes when the...

Hi all, anyone with any assistance with following please why my T6 won't start: Battery dead flat because not been started for a couple months, so charged up and errors flashed in dash, airbag fault, engine management and couple others. Rightly or wrongly I disconnected positive terminal when...