vehicle battery

Help please!! Disconnected my battery today to do some maintenance. Reconnected it and now the head unit is doing weird stuff. When I turn it on I get a message saying “The Optical Parking System (OPS) is not available. (Ok)”. The reversing beep still sounds but the picture of the van on the...

Sorry this might be a stupid unanswerable question but I’ve just picked up my new to me 3 year old van and I was having a look about the engine just checking thing out and I noticed this extra wire coming from the positive terminal of the battery. Wasn’t too concerned till I noticed a 25amp fuse...

Hi, I know there is another thread about battery disconnect, but asking more about how head unit will work. So fitting towbar and electrics at weekend, need to disconnect battery. Anyone had any issues with the Discover Media (5C0035680G) head unit and disconnecting battery? is there a code...

Evening all We had our newly converted camper arrive around 2 weeks ago. We haven't had a chance to get out in it yet, no user manuals arrived from the converter yet so we are not familiar with how to navigate the kit onboard. Tonight the battery is entirely flat, had to jump it, and there is...

Hi, I won't be using my van for a few weeks so I wanted to top up the battery from my mobile solar panels. I have the magic box the solar came with and also came with crocodile clips. I believe the battery has some little box of tricks attached to it that reads the charge in and out so its not...

There is an option when buying a Beach Camper T6.1 of adding a battery and alternator with more capacity. Do you know what's is the new capacity and if the new battery capacity is for the motor battery or the leisure battery? The Beach Camper model does not have the option of adding an extra...

Morning all, The battery in my T6.1 is a EFB+ 420A 75A standard VW battery. As the van hasn't being used a lot, the battery was showing as under 12v. I used my Victron 7A charger on AGM settings all day yesterday to get it up to full charge. Afterwards it was reading 12.87V. This morning it...

Hi All, I have have read many posts on here about charging 2 batteries and now my head is fried. I have a T6, 16 plate and after reading about VSRs and the new alternator charging technology, I understand my existing Split Charge VSR is doing nothing to charge my leisure battery. Am I correct...

Hi all, had my van on charge for the last few months with a battery monitor on my phone, had to put the car in for repair so used the van Monday morning for work and again this morning, checked the battery dinner time to find it had gone down from 91% to about 53% in just a couple of days. The...

Hi All, Appreciate this is a topic that's done to death and not wanting to replicate threads - I've had a good look through the forum but can't find anything specific to say yes or no and the best way of undertaking my thinking. So I'm replacing my starter battery with the Bosch S5 A13 to...

Hi all, Its been minus 10c for the last week and the van has been sat outside not moving for the week. The starter battery was totally dead last night. With jump leads it took about 10 minutes connected to another vehicle before it would start. As the original battery is 70aH and probably 5...

ok so I’m having issues with my van starting, I took it into mid Vw three weeks ago they put a new battery on and did a diagnostic check which bought up an alternator fault, but they wasn’t sure, so I had the van back, I hardly use the van at all but haven’t had any issues with starting till...

Thought you guys might like this ad I guess most of you don’t know what goes on behind closed doors my T6 is with me 300km inside the arctic circle, disclaimer I pay for my remaps like everyone else but the guys at Pendle are great I sent them a few bits off a go pro and they did the magic...

I am looking to install either a Vanbitz Battery Master or Sterling Power Battery Maintainer, both of which help to maintain the charge of the engine battery from the leisure battery (which is connected to a solar panel) Not being confident in dealing with camper van electrics I wonder if there...

Been looking into causes of a battery drain. Vw dealer say it’s down to the rear alarm sensor and won’t touch it as it’s been tinkered with or removed by the converters(who aren’t local) Carista shows up this sensor error. Anyway, here’s the last few days charts. 6th is with a fully charged...

Hubby has a 2017 VW Transporter Kombi which already had the battery replaced under warranty at the end of Feb 2018. He didn't extend the warranty, as he didn't get any notification it was running out (& as its been appalling service anyway). Battery died on him completely a few weeks ago, but...

Hi, Inspired by @Deaky build post, I was planning on installing a Victron IP65 Smart charger next to the Starter Battery and a 2nd one to charge the Leisure batter (110AH AGM). I've discovered the CTEK D250SE will still charge the leisure battery as long as the volts on the starter battery are...

What's recommended to prevent battery drain when using VCDS.... I've been pointed in the direction of one of these.... RSCPR50 But not cheap and wondered what alternatives people have used or recommend.

For the past 2-3 weeks the van has been a bit slow to start. Not normal at all. Its not like it all the time, but it seems there is sometimes a delay of maybe a second, before it fires. It can be like it from cold start or start/stop. I've been a bit worried about it starting, but its never not...

Hi All, I recently wired an aftermarket stereo and power amp (nothing huge) to the OEM leisure battery, in the case of the stereo to stop it power cycling on stop-start. The devices all work fine but the battery doesn't seem to be charging, I'm pretty sure all the wiring has gone back correctly...