mmmmmmm, not the best idea, with all those clever voltage drop devises that could be built in. We always leave a 4 way usb transformer in ours, I know in theory there is probably little current draw if there are no devises drawing load, but I bet they draw some current, and often out van may not move at all Monday to Friday.
I'm not sure, but I think the only thing my leisure battery (factory fit) runs is my overnight heater. Im having the rear fag lighters wired to run off the leisure battery, I think I will get the front one wired in as well, while we are at it. It's a bloody pain to have a flat main battery.
That is the general idea.
Do you think this is how it is wired?? I guess I need to disconnect the leisure battery and see if the fag lighters still work?
Yes that will happen on mine with the overnight heater, any draw on the leisure battery should not effect the main battery; but what else is drawing off the leisure battery??
In our T5.1 the front two are on the starter battery and all the rear ones are on the leisure battery. The Sargent system we have can be a pain because it disconnects all the rear 12V, except the fridge, as soon as the ignition is switched so the rear 12V don't work while we are on the move.
I would guess either not much or nothing in a Vel but in a Cali the kitchen stuff and rear outlets.
Yes, I've spoken about that with him. We don't ever mains hook up, I think the switch around is good idea; so for general use the ICE turns off when you remove the keys; but when parked up you can use the leisure battery. One thing absolut says he can't get round even on Leisure battery is the 20minute time out, shut down on the VW ICE. So every 20mins you would need to flick the switch around, Power Down-Power back up
