First trip this weekend - battery advice - and how not to get stranded please!

[Jimer]

It does say on the description of that charger that it recovers deeply discharged batteries so it may work for you.

• This charger will revive even deeply-discharged batteries from 0V with its force-feeding feature. Once the battery has enough voltage, normal charging will resume

 

[Qnapper]

It does say on the description of that charger that it recovers deeply discharged batteries so it may work for you.

• This charger will revive even deeply-discharged batteries from 0V with its force-feeding feature. Once the battery has enough voltage, normal charging will resume

You can try, but I doubt in the case of your battery it will work.

 

[Jlofec]

So happy end (hopefully as long as it fits) Decided to go fro a Fogstar drift 105 after reading up a bit more on other threads - thank you all for your wisdom. Found a battery dealer 30mins down the road from me with stock so thanks for that @FWhite as would never have thought to look given where Iive. Will pick up tomorrow. They are trying to upsell me to the 230 seat base version, but not sure it is needed as unlikely to go anywhere for over a weekend off grid and I will be using my (non electric) coolbox which is tried and tested to keep stuff cold all weekend even in 30C heat - it is all down to the number of frozen 2 litre cartons of wine....

 

[JumpShip]

Is the rest of your kit compatible with lithium ?

 

[Jlofec]

Good question @JumpShip - I understand so after a few hours of forum scrolling, google searching and pulling my hair out. The lovely man at supac.co.uk (Merthyr Tydfil) asked also me for all the kit specs as he said he would not sell me the battery if I didn't have the right kit. He even asked me about thickness of cabling.... Will be double checking tomorrow in person. Have a CTEK D250SE charger (previously known as a smart alternator adjust thingy ), a Victron SmartSolar charge controller MMPT 75I15, with Durite pure sine wave converter. Mostly will run diesel heater (sparingly) and internal lights plus laptop mobile phones if the family join. It has been a steep learning curve today and barely touched the surface I feel!

 

[Jlofec]

I am also now a proud VIP member - all the advice and support well worth the sign up!

 

[JumpShip]

Sooo ....he's gonna sell you a fogstar ?

 

[doncarlyon]

Nice one. You've effectively doubled your battery by going for lithium.

 

[Qnapper]

Fitting a ithium-ion battery was one of the best things we did in our campervan.