BATTERY MAINTENANCE
General Use Note
When in use, for deep cycle batteries it is ideal to never let your batteries fall below 50% capacity, this is approx. 12.0v, if left to
fall below this voltage, damage starts to occur to the battery itself. Please refer to the battery charge table further in this section
for more detail)
You need to be conscious of the power being drawn from your batteries while using your camper & remember to ask yourself;
when was the last time you had the charger on while you were away? Have you checked the voltage lately? Is your camping
fridge set correctly?
Fridges
All camping fridges can have a heavy voltage draw which in most cases is the main cause of batteries running flat.
There are steps you can do to reduce fridges from unnecessary excessive power use, such as:
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Pre-cool the fridge & its contents by running it on 240v at home before traveling.
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Setting the fridge to an ‘eco mode’ if present
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Setting the fridge cut off voltage to a suitable setting to prevent it dropping the battery voltage too low
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Ensuring you do not have the fridge settings unnecessarily low (e.g. setting a freezer to -20° when -5° would suffice)
Charging your batteries
The most important factor for ensuring a long life to your units batteries is keeping them charged.
Remember that every electrical element on the unit is drawing power, understanding power consumption is extremely important to
maintaining optimal battery performance & health.
Charging via Anderson connection
Whether your Unit has one or multiple batteries it can be charged the same way as the batteries are connected in a parallel circuit,
this means you only need to connect the provided charger to the front Anderson plug in order to charge all the batteries in the Unit,
if your charger does not have an Anderson connection you can have an auto electrician change this connection to Anderson for you
or proceed with charging via the next method.
It is ideal to have your batteries on constant charge with a charger which has a shut off function to recognise when the batteries are
full & prevent over charging.
Charging via alligator clips
You can directly charge the batteries not using the Anderson connection if your charger is fitted with alligator clamps.
To do this simply connect the alligator clamps to the battery & connect your charger to a power source. If your Unit has a multi
battery system it is highly recommended to attach the positive alligator clip to one battery & the negative to another, this assists with
the charge flow.
We highly recommend taking this charger to an auto electrician to have the alligator clips converted to an Anderson connection as
this is the best connection for charging.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
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When charging your batteries you MUST charge them fully every time they are put on charge. Keeping them on charge
for small amounts of time & not charging fully WILL DAMAGE THEM.
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When charging ensure they are kept connected for a MINIMUM 24 hours. Depending on the voltage status of the battery
they could take days on constant charge to return to full charge status.
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The more batteries in your Unit the longer it will take to charge fully.
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Before turning on the power to your Unit ALWAYS check the terminal wing nuts are tight on the battery connections.
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