battery drain

I am looking for some advice on how to diagnose the problem with a high vehicle battery discharge. Following great advice I received in my previous post, Vehicle Battery Discharging, I fitting an Ancel BM200 Battery Monitor. The screenshot below shows the battery voltage since I installed the...

I am looking for some advice with regards my main vehicle battery which I am worried is discharging quicker than expected when parked up. I have a Rolling Homes converted T6.1 T28 H-Line TDI campervan on a 23 plate. Ever since we have owned the Campervan we have found we get low vehicle battery...

Going Sea Kayaking and camping in Pembs this weekend so would be rude not to take van….. so I had a “play” fiddled with switches to see how bits and pieces worked…. and came back to a beeping noise and a leisure battery down in V a ?day later. Solar had topped it up but Display was reading 12...

Hi New to the forum. Just bought a 2017 T6 startline TSI after years of T5 ownership. Was perfect on the drive home. Noticed when I got home that the previous owner had all of the interior lights switched to the off position. Didn’t think too much of it so switched them to the on when...

Hi all, I have recently joined this forum as a first time T6 owner, only had the van a couple of weeks but already upgrading! I just installed some new sequential side indicators and rear barn door brake lights from Thq along with swapping out the interior cab lights with leds. After going away...

Hi all- I've had issues (and am still having) with battery drain on my 2021 T6.1 Transporter. I was trying to work out if there was a drain from the tracker & alarm but I also suspect the battery might just be dead and need replacing. I'm after some sage advice from the forum to help!! I'm...

I have just bought a daily driver so my van will not be used so heavily. I will be parking it at my business but it will not be near any power source for a trickle charger. For some reason the battery goes flat after a few days. Any advice for battery life when your van is not used as regular? I...

Good Morning, yesterday I was working in the back of my van sound deadening the sliders, it is a T6.1 T32 2022, and I switched off the courtesy lights and the key was not in the ignition. I was opening/closing the sliders and had the tailgate open and was probably working in the back for about 3...

Hi after 3 weeks not running my t6.1 says low battery is this normal Thanks

What's going on here then? My set up is a 100ah SLA battery, charged by a VSR when on the move. Connected to it is a PMS3H which handles all of the mains etc. everything goes through a Victron Smart shunt with a temp sensor for the battery. Also have a Victron 75/15MPPT connected which...

Good morning and go easy as I don't understand electrickery. Background, I work away and live in my T6.1 for up to 4-weeks at a time with no EHU. Mods, a second leisure battery, inverter for the Microwave, Orion smart charger and solar. Issues, 1. Starter battery drain, now on third battery...

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, really needing some help with my new camper. I recently bought a T6 all kitted out. Everything seemed to work ok to begin with in the first month. I took it away on a weekend trip and noticed the battery was not charged so I had to go to a site and hook up to get electricity. After leaving...

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...

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...

Looking at buying a 2nd vehicle so my T6 will not necessarily be my daily driver. I will probably keep it at work but it won't be near a power supply to keep the battery topped up. Any ideas on the best way to keep it charged or isolate the battery so it won't de charge when not in use? cheers

Evening all, hope those that can are taking advantage of the fine camper weather ☀️ I've just installed 2 x 120ah AGM Advance leisure batteries in my camper. I also bought a quicklynks BM2 monitor to help keep an eye on their health. When I first installed the batteries they were showing a...

Planning our first camping trip this weekend would like to keep the side door open, noticed the display light in instrument cluster stays on when side doors is open. Any way i can turn it off i fear other systems could be running. Thanks

Having read many threads on here, none seem to replicate my current issue. Having checked the drain on the battery with the multi-meter I am seeing a 1.2amp reading. If I remove the radio 30amp fuse this drops to 0.17amps. To further complicate the matter, I have recently noticed that if I...

A month ago my van was struggling to start, I tested the battery and it did indeed need replaced. Since that time I have been getting random errors, coolant temp sensors, camshaft pos sensor. I have replaced the battery and the 3 sensors, reset the faults via carista but they returned. I...