mickman
Hi there,
I recently purchased a VW California Ocean from 2016 which has a problem with the leisure battery. In short terms, its dead and only reads 2V. I will replace it with a new one, based on the serial number of the battery I can tell its from 2012, also the van has been more or less standing still since April, so a dead battery isn't all that surprising.
What I find more interesting though, is that the control panel always reads 0 amps. The panel only turns on when I connect the van to a socket or when I run the car engine, it doesn't even remember the time and date, though that part is not surprising with a dead leisure battery.
When running the engine I can use the camper electronics as normal, the roof can be raised, the lights work etc. Its just that it never states anything else than 0 amps.
My question is, do you think replacing the dead battery will be the only thing I need to take care of or could there be some other issue? I've checked all the fuses below the driver seat with a multi-meter, they all seem fine. On another thread there as talk of a 50A fuse that sits directly on the positive lead of the battery, mine doesn't seem to have that and instead has a metal divider piece that goes straight to several cables.
Any advice would be kindly appreciated.
I recently purchased a VW California Ocean from 2016 which has a problem with the leisure battery. In short terms, its dead and only reads 2V. I will replace it with a new one, based on the serial number of the battery I can tell its from 2012, also the van has been more or less standing still since April, so a dead battery isn't all that surprising.
What I find more interesting though, is that the control panel always reads 0 amps. The panel only turns on when I connect the van to a socket or when I run the car engine, it doesn't even remember the time and date, though that part is not surprising with a dead leisure battery.
When running the engine I can use the camper electronics as normal, the roof can be raised, the lights work etc. Its just that it never states anything else than 0 amps.
My question is, do you think replacing the dead battery will be the only thing I need to take care of or could there be some other issue? I've checked all the fuses below the driver seat with a multi-meter, they all seem fine. On another thread there as talk of a 50A fuse that sits directly on the positive lead of the battery, mine doesn't seem to have that and instead has a metal divider piece that goes straight to several cables.
Any advice would be kindly appreciated.
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