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A question for all you experts out there! My 2010 Cali SE is not holding leisure battery charge like it used to. The other day after 2 nights (with driving inbetween) the heater / fridge switched off. Voltage at the time was low (even though the % was high - i have been advised on here somewhere to disregard this however). Got it home. 24 hours on charge (with prongs etc on control panel) and the voltage is back up to 13V. 10 mins of running the heater however and the voltage drops to 12.2V / 30%. The heater works fine during this and there is no flickering etc so I would imagine the earth shunt shouldnt be the issue (facelift cali too). When the heater is turned off it goes back to 12.3/12.4 V - again at 30%
Would i be right in thinking the batteries are knackered? The van is 5 years old and I imagine the previous owner may not have looked after them particularly well. On checking the rear battery appears to be some sort of strange 3rd party (lion batteries) battery also. The other options I suppose are to get them load tested or take it to a dealer however from experience they often arent especially helpful. Also I have seen another member here putting some 100Ah alpha batteries in place which I imagine would given a welcome capacity boost
Thanks in advance.
Would i be right in thinking the batteries are knackered? The van is 5 years old and I imagine the previous owner may not have looked after them particularly well. On checking the rear battery appears to be some sort of strange 3rd party (lion batteries) battery also. The other options I suppose are to get them load tested or take it to a dealer however from experience they often arent especially helpful. Also I have seen another member here putting some 100Ah alpha batteries in place which I imagine would given a welcome capacity boost
Thanks in advance.