Hi,
Wondering if anyone could help tell me if my leisure battery is dead? My van doesn’t get much use over winter and I didn’t drive or plug it in very often. I have a solar panel but there obviously wasn’t enough to keep it going.
I noticed when I went to camp in December all power was off. Checking on my Victron app it showed the voltage had dropped to 11.5v.
I charged it using a battery conditioner and the battery will charge to 12.8-12.9v however it doesn’t seem to hold its charge very well.
The history in the Victron app shows it constantly cycling with the solar charging from 70-100% the below is over last 40 days.
I went camping on the weekend and the van was on leisure battery with the fridge and an external cooler running it didn’t drop below 70% but was only for a few hours this was with the solar panel giving it a boost!
Question is will it hold? I have two days camping at the end of the month off grid. What’s the best way to check/confirm? I tried getting a garage to do a battery test but they couldn’t with the solar panel hooked up.
If it is dead any recommendations for a new one? Do I just go like for like?
Included pictures of the battery plus the charger if it’s helpful. Also the health indicator on the battery is green but not sure how reliable that is.
Wondering if anyone could help tell me if my leisure battery is dead? My van doesn’t get much use over winter and I didn’t drive or plug it in very often. I have a solar panel but there obviously wasn’t enough to keep it going.
I noticed when I went to camp in December all power was off. Checking on my Victron app it showed the voltage had dropped to 11.5v.
I charged it using a battery conditioner and the battery will charge to 12.8-12.9v however it doesn’t seem to hold its charge very well.
The history in the Victron app shows it constantly cycling with the solar charging from 70-100% the below is over last 40 days.
I went camping on the weekend and the van was on leisure battery with the fridge and an external cooler running it didn’t drop below 70% but was only for a few hours this was with the solar panel giving it a boost!
Question is will it hold? I have two days camping at the end of the month off grid. What’s the best way to check/confirm? I tried getting a garage to do a battery test but they couldn’t with the solar panel hooked up.
If it is dead any recommendations for a new one? Do I just go like for like?
Included pictures of the battery plus the charger if it’s helpful. Also the health indicator on the battery is green but not sure how reliable that is.
